Subcommittee will not come to order. The chairman will now yield five minutes to my great friend. From california. Five minutes. Thank you for getting me the five minutes. I think the witnesses for coming this morning. The incredibly important issue when it came out and make good policy on. We are meeting today to discuss the state of Cyber Security and the continuing threats facing Americas Energy infrastructure. We continue to see increasing threats to the grade originally both the home and abroad. Im glad to see the doe and others taking steps to address the growing dangers followed by nefarious actions. Our energy grid serves as the backbone of our economy. Touching every aspect of our life. A reliable grid is also crucial to our National Security. We can improve the security and reliability of our missions electric grid. We must work on a bipartisan basis and integrates with Industry Leaders as we are doing here. Fortunately the modernization and integration of our Energy Infrastr
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Swalwell i will withdraw an offensive word. Mr. Collins ill withdraw my point of order. Mr. Swalwell may i have 30 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. The chair controls the time. The gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. Does the gentlelady wish to grant him an additional 30 seconds. Ms. Jackson lee im prepared to grant him an additional 30 seconds. Mr. Collins i withdraw my point of order. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman withdraws. Mr. Swalwell we have an opportunity today to condemn or condone. Birtherism is racist. Saying a mexican judge cannot be fair because of his heritage is racist. Saying immigrants from mexico are rapists is racist. Telling four members of the body to go home because of where you believe they are from is racist. There is racism coming out of the white house. There is racism coming out of the white house. So where will you
Subcommittee will now come to order. I want to thank all the members and the witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee this morning. The chairman will now yield five minutes to migrate friend, mr. Mcnerney from california for five minutes. Good morning, mr. Chairman, i thank you for yielding me the five minutes and i thank the witnesses for coming this morning. Its an incredibly important issue that we needed to care a lot about and make good policy on. Were meeting today to discuss the state of Cyber Security in the grid and the continuing threats facing Americas Energy truer. We continue to see increasing threats to the grid originating both at home and abroad. Im glad to see the doe and ferc and others taking steps to address the growing dangers posed by nefarious actors. Our energy grid serves as the backbone of our economy Touching Every aspect of our lives and a reliable grid is also crucial to our National Security and for a clean energy future. For lawmakers to encourage
We are delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities , so i hope we see you more frequently and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs most faired well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a substantial increase in the International Fusion project which i advocated for as well. I went to visit that project a couple years ago,
Well postponed motion to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20, the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . I move the house suspend the rules and report the bill as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 6544, a bill to advance the benefits of Nuclear Energy by efficient, timely predictable licensing, regulation and deployment of Nuclear Energy technologies and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuan t to the rule, the gentleman from South Carolina, mr. Duncan, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pallone, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina. Mr. Duncan i ask unanimous consent all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the re