Political Quotes

“I would just like to join my chairman and thank him again. This will be our third amendment of the night. I think it shows good progress for all of us. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Delaware [Mr. Carper], for Mr. Barrasso, proposes an amendment numbered 2180 to amendment No. 2137. The amendment is as follows (Purpose: To limit the use of certain funds made available for grants to enable the sustained cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes) In section 309(e) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (as added by section 40511(a)), strike the closing quotation marks and the following period and insert the following: ``(f) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds made available under subsection (e) may be used-- ``(1) to encourage or facilitate the adoption of building codes that restrict or prohibit the direct use of natural gas in residential and commercial buildings for space heating, water heating, cooking, or other purposes; or ``(2) to compel the adoption of model building energy codes.''.”