this consistent with those funding levels congress recommended this will permit us with gulfport texas louisiana anchorage and savannah no basic energy restrictions the most important thing to unleash the three enterprises senator turbidite thatfr increase is the authorized funding levels that wouldey double the budget from a little over 5 billion today to 10 billion in 10 years that is the money the money they spent on energy energ research but the president proposes to spend even more and energy research with a pledge launched of them climate summit in paris over the next five years to point to 5 billion of mandatory funding however his commitment for mandatory funding that this is best not helpful and misleading and wishful thinking sotr instead we focus on priorities for discretionary funding that is the bottom line that is under control and not the source of the federal debt problems.or those that include 5. in 4 billion, a 50 million more than last year that sets a new record level of funding in the appropriations bill. h including of high impact energy technologies 1.7 more with those continued eff

with the funding level that congress recommendedw in the water resources development act. this will permit us to deepen harbors including gulfport, charleston, mobile, texas, louisiana, anchorage, savannah, and harbors on the west coast. and i basic energy research is supported and is one of the most important things we can do to unleash our free enterprises. senator durbin and i have worked together on an amendment for the energy bill that increases the authorized funding levels of the office of science by about 7% per year. that would delve double the office of science a budget from a little over 5,000,000 today to more than 10,000,000,000 in ten years. ten years. that is the money basically that the united states government spends on energy research. the senate adopted our amendment which you demonstrate how much support there is. they propose to spend even more in energy research including the mission innovation program the pledge laws by the united states and other countries at the climate senate in paris.y the problem is, mr. president that president obama's budget request proposed budget request proposed 2,259,000,000 in new mandatory funding for the department in new m