I am dead set against the EPA and their scheme to issue emission standards that would make it next to impossible for new coal-fired power plants to be constructed.

Nobody in this House has wanted the government to shut down, as it has today. Indeed, Speaker Boehner himself predicted no government shutdown several months ago and was holding by that--until he became hijacked by a certain element of his…

While I strongly support efforts to enhance our domestic security by reducing our reliance on foreign sources of strategic and critical minerals, but aside from its short title, the pending legislation has nothing to do with that goal. In…

Due to a flight delay, I was unable to be in attendance for tonight's votes. Had I been present, I would have voted in support of H.R. 3092, H.R. 2449, and S. 793. ____________________

The sobering testimony that our witnesses have already submitted should be a wakeup call for Congress and the administration to step up to address the looming crisis in highway and transit financing.

the peace dividend is not a long-term solution. That is still a Band-Aid approach.

Congress has previously grandfathered truck weights on roads that obtained interstate designation, including Interstate 99 in Pennsylvania, Interstate 39 in Wisconsin and Interstate 68 in Maryland. I point that out to note that what is…

Stopping this crisis facing the Highway Trust Fund will require action and difficult choices to address this shortfall.

I appreciate the gentlewoman's kind words. Mr. Speaker, when I go home to West Virginia each week and discuss the state of our Nation with my friends and neighbors, I hear about three things: jobs, jobs, jobs. That's what this Congress…

The Energy and Water Subcommittee is to be commended for its efforts to present a more balanced and reasoned approach to America's energy needs, particularly with respect to numerous provisions that recognize coal's key role in our…

I thank the chairman for yielding. While I support efforts to make our foreign food aid programs as efficient and effective as possible, I cannot support the amendment by the gentlemen from California and New York, Mr. Royce and Mr. Engel…

I join with my colleagues from the State of West Virginia in celebrating our State's 150th birthday tomorrow. We invite the rest of the Nation to join in our revelry and reflection. Ours is a proud history of doing our part, and then some…

We've had a short debate here, and I'm sure it will continue during the amendment process. My concerns are as I stated in my opening comments. The fact that we are deeming a foreign company the outright right, giving them a permit, without…

I'm prepared to close, although I do have a couple of Members lurking in the hallway here somewhere threatening to come to speak. So maybe I'll slowly close unless the gentleman from California wants to use his time.

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 West Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Ms. Esty The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I have an amendment at the desk designated as amendment No. 5 in the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 3 of the committee print (and redesignate…

I'm offering this amendment on behalf of myself and Peter DeFazio of Oregon. This amendment simply strikes section 3 of the bill. This is the section which states that the Keystone XL pipeline does not require a permit to cross the…

Last Congress, I voted for every piece of pro-Keystone pipeline legislation that was brought before this body--every piece of pro- Keystone pipeline legislation. But something has happened along the way between then and now. That something…

I appreciate the gentleman from Nebraska's comments. I understand the EIS to which he refers was done for the State of Nebraska, but not for the current pending application. I yield the balance of my time to the cosponsor of the amendment…

I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gene Green), who, like me, is a supporter of the Keystone pipeline.

May I have a time check. The CHAIR. The gentleman from West Virginia has 8 minutes remaining. The gentleman from California has 7\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman from Arizona. I rise in support of H.R. 1765. As the flight delays mounted this week due to the furlough and as many Republicans claim that the FAA had the flexibility to avoid this disruption and that politics were…

Thank you, Mr. Barr. I appreciate very much your giving this Special Order for a discussion of America's most plentiful, most economic, efficient domestic energy resource we have, that being coal. {time} 1800 I also come from the great…

To those who say that the Federal Government should be run like a business, well, this is no way to run a business.

Many in the industry have questioned the need for the existing waiver, let alone the need to expand it.