Alan Simpson

I thank the gentleman from California. And I thank the gentleman from Nebraska, again, for his efforts in this area. I know it is a matter of both urgency to the United States and to the world, actually. But I thank the gentleman for his…

I thank the gentleman from Nebraska for his efforts in nonproliferation and his strong advocacy for this program and trying to become the expert. And really, he is what I consider maybe one of the foremost experts in the House on…

Again, I would urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. As I said, performing additional work earlier in the schedule will allow the NNSA to reduce technical risk and limit any cost growth while we are finding out about what the…

I thank the gentleman, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the…

I appreciate the gentleman's amendment and him offering the amendment, and I appreciate his point of view and why he is offering it, but this amendment would eliminate $150 million in the bill for the Department of Energy to reorganize its…

I want to thank the gentleman for being dogged on this issue. We share his concern. We had a great hearing with all the commissioners of the NRC. They also understand this concern. It was the Aim Project 2020 that they put together that…

The reality is ExxonMobil, all of the other companies you named, don't get this money. This money goes into research, research that fuels 85 percent of the electrical needs in this country--research. Now, you could also say: If you are…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.

It is almost humorous to listen to someone who wants to reduce the deficit and put this money into the deficit reduction account but then complains that we are following sequestration, and it is just too low and too crazy, and we need to…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.

I claim time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.

I claim the time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes.

The gentlewoman from Florida says we should invest. We are investing. This amendment would increase funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy by $266 million, restoring it to last year's level, by using the fossil energy account…

It is my pleasure to yield 90 seconds to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart), a good friend of mine and a member of the Appropriations Committee. He is the chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and…

It is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Jenkins).

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse), a new Member of Congress who has been very active and who has been newly appointed to the Rules Committee for the purpose of a colloquy.

I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan and the gentlelady from California for working with us on this. What a lot of people may not understand is the challenge that presents us with the harbor maintenance trust fund and the way it is…

I reserve a point of order against the gentleman's amendment. The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 4, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by…

We have now seen amendments to put more money into the EERE and amendments to take money out of the EERE and now an amendment to eliminate the EERE. I have to rise in opposition to this amendment. This bill supports an all-of-the-above…

It is the same debate we used on the other amendment, so I could just say repeat the same debate. The fact is we are investing in what we use: 85 percent of electricity produced in this country is produced by fossil energies. We invest in…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Reed) for the purpose of a colloquy.

I thank the gentlemen from Colorado, both of them, for offering this amendment and bringing this issue before the committee. We have no objection with the amendment and would be happy to accept it.

It is my distinct honor to bring the fiscal year 2016 Energy and Water bill before you today. Before I go into the details, I would like to recognize the hard work of Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey on this bill and the…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Washington for his strong advocacy for these important cleanup activities. I agree they are probably the most important in this country. I look forward to working with him to ensure that activities…