our colleague Alan Lowenthal from Long Beach has a banning single use plastics bill.

the elephant in the room is why not less plastics?

It is critical that we protect our coastal communities and ecosystems and help them more effectively adapt and prepare for sea level rise and changing ocean conditions.

If we take a look at the global markets and the amount of money that is going toward so-called ESG funds or environmental, social, and governance funds, the market is shifting.

I'm a big fan of the National Science Foundation because it's a couple blocks from my home on--in Duke Street.

In the 7 years I've been on the Science Committee, we continue to hear about the dwindling percentage of excellent applications that can be approved because the money just hasn't kept up.

I really value the tremendous benefit the agency has brought to America and Americans over the past 70 years.

I would like to begin just by correcting the understanding, I think, from the gentleman from Kentucky, who tried to align President Obama's temporary suspension of the Visa Waiver Program in foreign and southern countries with Donald…

the only way to do this is through so-called mandatory spending.

I know my--Jake LaTurner, the Congressman, brought up the idea of the long term commitment to research funding.

There's so much. And I really look forward to working with Ranking Member Babin and Ranking Member Lucas and our wonderful Chair, Chairwoman Eddie Johnson, on supporting a strong and bright future for America's space and aeronautics…

One of the immediate challenges is the climate crisis, and today, we're considering aviation's role in how to address it.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, my vote today for the American Rescue Plan will be the most consequential vote I have ever cast. Today, we show that democracy works. Today, we make available all the resources needed to end…

We have a choice tonight. Our American children are hungry, the recovery is stalling, and a million new people file for unemployment every week. We can do our jobs, pass a national vaccination plan, safely reopen our schools, send relief…

Last summer, when Donald Trump was pressuring governors to ignore the advice of health experts and reopen their economies, he was predicting we would lead to a ``V-shaped'' recovery, in which the recovery would be as steep as the…

To add to my friend's charts, let me point out that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated, without additional resources, investment into the economy, it will take until 2024--3 more years--just to get back to where we were at the…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I want to begin by recognizing Chairman Yarmuth, whose leadership of the Budget Committee is so routinely remarkable that we take it for granted. The budget resolution we are voting on today will set us on a path to defeating the virus and…

To my new friend from Texas, I would point out that Texas and California and New York--two of the bluest States around--are all net exporters of Federal dollars mostly to red States. Now, it tends to be the blue States who are helping out…

I had the great honor of attending the Arlington funeral service for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. It was moving and very sad, eloquent. I only bring this up because I was transported with my friend, Ralph Norman of South…

May I ask how much time we have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Arizona has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Can I ask how much time is remaining on our side. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cuellar). The gentleman from Virginia has 15 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Arizona has 17 minutes remaining.

Let me just point out that we are not throwing away our chance to work with Republicans. We would love to have a bipartisan bill, but if it's not possible, we have to have this reconciliation process in place because it takes weeks to…

I would agree with all of those economists who say go target, go big, and go targeted. In fact, that is what Joe Biden has said again and again. I think his speech on the American Recovery Act was extraordinarily targeted, and while this…

I have a quick response to my dear friend from Arizona. While we acknowledge that many of the States actually had increased revenues last year, virtually no locality did. I represent Northern Virginia, a fairly wealthy part, yet every one…