How much time do I have? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Vermont has 2\1/2\ minutes.

Thank you. I want to talk a little bit about the Clean Air Act, Mr. Chair. We have power plants that are coal-burning and emit toxins into the air. That's not in dispute. But the attack on any kind of regulation says that if there's any…

This amendment makes needed changes to the economic analysis mandated by the underlying bill; but fundamentally this bill, itself, we believe, is an assault on the Clean Air Act, not really a bill that requires a study. The legislation…

The House this week will take up a bill called the TRAIN Act. The acronym stands for Transparency and Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation. It is quite a mouthful, but what it's going to do, very specifically, is delay the…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. This bill is not about the offset. This bill is not about whether we're going to pay for emergency spending. We must and we will. What this bill is about is whether we're going to help 427 residents of…

The scene to my right is a typical scene in Vermont. It's the result of the fury of Hurricane Irene. The damage to homeowners, to businesses, to the State infrastructure is immense. This scene inflicted itself on 47 districts represented…

I thank the gentleman. What's going on here, Madam Speaker, is extraordinarily dangerous and it's completely unnecessary. We are using the full faith and credit of the United States, the reputation this country has had since its founding…

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, this is a bad situation. There are two failures: One is the process by which we got here, where we've abandoned a willingness to compromise when compromise is required; and second is to propose a plan…

How much time do I have? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Vermont has 3 minutes remaining.

I offer an amendment. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, after line 24, insert the following new paragraph: (18) The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would run through the…

I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen).

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chair, I want to speak about an amendment Mr. Moran is about to offer. This is about the use of Styrofoam in our cafeterias. You may remember that in 2007, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi established the Greening the…

I thank the gentlelady. If there is a problem with the Dodd-Frank bill, it is that it was passed 2 years after, rather than 2 years before, the Wall Street meltdown. That was a catastrophe. It was so bad that one of the most conservative…

Well, let's talk about the balanced budget amendment. We in Vermont don't have a balanced budget amendment. We're the only State that doesn't have it. We have always managed to balance our budget. And we have done that when we have had…

We are in a very serious situation now. We're what, 11 days away from perhaps, the first time in the history of this country, not paying our bills. And it's extraordinarily damaging what that will do to our economy. I mean, interest rates…

Three points: One, let's pay our bills. We always have; we always will; Two, let's have a long-term budget plan to stabilize our budget with a balanced approach--revenues as well as cuts, the Pentagon as well as reforming how we deliver…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland. We face two immediate challenges. The first is, will we pay our bills? That's the whole issue of raising the debt limit. America pays its bills, it's as simple as that. If we owe veterans who served…

President Reagan is an iconic figure in the Republican Party and revered by many Democrats. He did fight to shrink government and he lowered taxes, but he also raised taxes eight times and he also fought against the absurd notion that…

All right. I will just say it's news to most of us in Vermont. And, in fact, there is a big dispute about the relicensing of the current nuclear reactor we have. But I appreciate the gentleman. Thank you. I yield back the balance of my…

Just in clarification, Member from New Jersey, Vermont has about one-third nuclear power. That was misreported I am not sure by whom, but it's one-third nuclear, one-third hydro, and one-third other. Thank you.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Vermont will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Pompeo

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection? Without objection, the gentleman from Vermont is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $491,000,000)''. Page 33, line 20, after the dollar amount…

I have been sitting here listening to what, in fact, I think is a very interesting debate: what's the role that the taxpayer, through this body, should play in trying to steer an energy policy towards efficiency. There were a lot of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. Not more than $200,000,000 of the funds…