I'm especially proud to be on David Obey's team, serving as one of the chairmen of one of the subcommittees under David's jurisdiction. David has long distinguished himself in public service. He started in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1963…

I would be very chagrined if we ever did anything but treat the gentleman fair. He is an outstanding Member of the Congress. Mr. Speaker, a lot of Members are very interested in USPTO and interested in fixing it on the authorizing side…

I note the distinguished ranking member's comments about "the suspension Congress" and lack of notice with regard to pieces of legislation. I would just point out that, first of all, he is very familiar with this bill and very familiar…

Mr. Speaker, it was with profound sadness that I learned yesterday of the passing of Senator Robert C. Byrd. This country knew Senator Byrd as one of the lions of the Senate, a ferocious advocate for his State and a principled spokesman…

Mr. Speaker, tragedy has visited West Virginia's coal mines again. It is a visitor our State knows all too well. The names of the communities change with each visit, and the years do as well. Monongah in 1907, Dola in 1963, Farmington in…

I am pleased to support H.R. 3650, the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2009, which recognizes the growing problem of harmful algal blooms in coastal and freshwater environments. Unfortunately, I know…

I commend the Administration for doing that, and doing it in a way that is very sensitive to the national security concerns.

To the extent that the authority that is vested with the power to implement policy in the country pursuant to constitutional principals is true to constitutional principals, then we are a better Nation.

I would simply note that if this is about rights it is also about responsibilities and both are constitutionally based.

I can certainly speak for a good majority of the Subcommittee, and we support funding for Legal Services to provide legal aid to those who need it and are disappointed that there are so many people out there who make up this justice gap…

The effectiveness of the inquiry-based education in STEM education is needed at all levels, but implementation is woefully lacking.

An agency with no vision or leadership will slowly decay.

My point is that we hope that the Commerce Department will focus just as aggressively on unfair imports as we are in trying to break the barriers, unfair barriers that exist to our exports.

Do you agree that, in order to have free trade, currencies must float?

The failure of President Bush's vision because of his lacking in the application of adequate resources is measured in a number of different ways.

I particularly share Mr. Wolf's passion for making sure that we do not leave this inheritance to our kids.

If I leave you with one message, it is science agencies must play a leadership role in the improvement of science education.

A day that I am going to do my best to remind everybody of every chance I get is June 1st, because that is the day that the United States starts living on credit and charging everything that we do to our kids, sending them the bill.

If we could think of things like research initiation grants where we are giving money directly to HBCUs to fund their faculty research, to give them the time, those are where the bodies are, the roles models.

if you solve the jurisdictional issue and give people power to protect themselves, then you will take care of non-Indians going on Indian reservations

I think both the chairman and the ranking member are right on when they talk about some sort of systemic reform.

the policy that this amendment addresses is obviously authorizing the policy that the EEOC has followed in this area through Democratic and Republican administrations. They have had a consistent position on the employer English-only…

NASA has been on the forefront of safety on the NASA side, these provisions she has worked on in 2005 to incorporate into authorizing. She is reaffirming these safety procedures in this amendment, and we certainly have no objection on…

under this project, funds would be used to support the East Coast shellfish aquaculture industry. I think the gentlelady has eloquently stated the merits of this request. The committee has looked at it, vetted it, spent hours going over…