I rise in support of H.R. 5646, a measure which will require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct an analysis of the energy effects of the expanding use of computer servers and the concentration of computer servers in large data…

the motion to recommit is the only means by which the Democratic alternative to the Republican bill could be brought to the House floor, and that is under the very restrictive procedure that the Republicans have adopted which eliminates…

I yield myself 30 seconds. For basis of clarification, the motion to instruct that we have put forward applies to lone wolf, as the gentleman from Wisconsin indicates. {time} 1530 But it also applies to sections 206 and 215. The House…

I am pleased to join with Mr. Stupak in offering this substitute which would replace the underlying bill with two targeted provisions aimed at increasing our Nation's refinery capacity and giving the Federal Government the tools necessary…

I yield myself 2 minutes. It is our intent also to join with the gentleman from Texas in yielding some time to the opposition to this measure this morning. I want to begin by commending the work of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr…

I rise this evening to ask that the House retain its oversight authority by inserting 4-year sunsets into H.R. 3199. In the past year, we have asked the Department of Justice how it is using the authority granted to it under the PATRIOT…

I am, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Boucher moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3199 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same…

What about the amount-in-controversy component, the $5 million? Under current law, some Federal courts have determined the value for requests for injunctive relief by considering the value to each individual plaintiff. Since that value is…

The principles that have just been enumerated apply to another provision that I would like to discuss, the mass action provision. Under this provision, defendants will be able to remove mass actions to Federal court under the same…

I rise to join with him in support of a common sense reform that will eliminate antiquated vicarious liability statutes, benefit consumers, and protect the victims of accidents. Vicarious liability laws for rental cars in a handful of…

Under the approach of the bill, only cases that are filed as State class actions which are national in scope will be removable to Federal court, notwithstanding the absence of complete diversity of citizenship. Cases that are local in…

In the 20 years that it has been my privilege to serve in the House, the class action reform measure that is before us today is the most modest litigation reform that has been debated, and it strikes in a narrow and appropriate way at an…

Lawsuits which would impose liability on firearm manufacturers, distributors and dealers for misuse of the firearm by someone who comes into possession of it are thinly veiled attempts to impose gun control by judicial means. If liability…

I urge approval both of the rule and of the conference report. The reform of the Nation's bankruptcy laws, which our actions today will accomplish, is well justified. This reform is strongly in the interest of consumers. It will…

Cases that are truly national in scope are being filed as State class actions before certain judges who employ an almost ``anything goes'' approach that renders virtually any controversy subject to certification as a class action. In such…

Mr. Chairman, I will be brief in stating my opposition to this amendment. If the amendment is adopted, the basic reforms that we are seeking to achieve simply will not be achieved. Some cases simply should not be certified as class…

I am the supporter of the Tauzin-Dingell measure, and I rise this morning to describe why its passage is in the public interest. I will take this time to make three points. First, passage of this measure will stimulate the deployment of…

I rise in support of H.R. 3343, legislation amending title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and chapter 28 of the Atomic Energy Act to increase the authorization ceiling on the Federal share of cleanup costs at a thorium site in West…

I also want to commend the gentlewoman from West Virginia for bringing this amendment forward. I am pleased to support it strongly, and encourage other Members of the House to do the same. Coal gasification is a promising technology which…

Mr. Speaker, the electricity price spikes in California have gained national attention and have moved to the center of the debate on the question of electricity industry restructuring. Consumers in some California communities have faced…

I am pleased to join my colleagues, Representatives Burr, LaHood and Upton, in the introduction of legislation to reform our copyright laws

I rise in support today of S. 1236 as reported by the Committee on Commerce. In its original form, this legislation would have authorized the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend for 6 more years the deadline for commencing…

this debate comes very late, and it comes in a procedurally awkward manner. The resolution of censure that I am pleased to offer today was made in order for consideration in the Committee on the Judiciary by the gentleman from Illinois…

In its 1974 Watergate inquiry, the House Committee on the Judiciary conducted an exhaustive examination of the constitutional history of the impeachment power. Then on a broad bipartisan basis, the committee adopted a report which…

Mr. Speaker, the motion to recommit that I am pleased to offer this afternoon is well tailored to the challenge that we have before us. It offers a framework for a full and a fair review by the House Committee on the Judiciary and a full…