I like the company I am with. I like the company I am with with that bill.

The mantra of the Chamber of Commerce from 5 years ago, 'Drill here, drill now, pay less,' has morphed into 'Drill here, export to China, pay more here in the United States as we export our own natural resources.'

We are talking about the dirtiest oil in the world, coming through the United States, almost using us as a straw.

Let us not export this oil, or otherwise we have to continue to export young men and women.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend and include extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 13 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, March 13, 2014, at 10 a.m. for…

I want to thank my colleagues for joining me here this evening to talk about this critical issue of the influence Big Money and special interests on our politics and the way we govern here. Professor Lessig has gotten a good shout out--and…

I thank my colleague. Before we wrap up, I want to ask him and my colleague from California as well to comment on the kind of response they are getting as they talk to their constituents about this kind of reform. We are all very familiar…

I appreciate it, and I will follow up on what you just said. There is another quote that I would love to read from Senator Warren Rudman, a Republican from New Hampshire, who was a force here on Capitol Hill when he served. He said: Money…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to the Chamber this evening. I want to talk about the topic of money in politics, which is something I think Americans across the country are increasingly anxious about because it really…

I thank the gentleman. I might ask him one question because my sense is that, if you have a system like this in place, not only will you empower everyday citizens to feel like their voice truly does count--and that would increase…

Again, I want to thank my colleague for his support of this reform effort, for joining us as an original cosponsor of the Government by the People Act. We think there is real momentum here. We have 140 Members of this body now that have…

I think we basically doubled the number of human beings we have between the ports of entry.

I think that is an expenditure we ought to figure out to get that made, and I would just urge you...

We cannot just focus on symptoms of problems. We have to focus on underlying causes as well.

If all we do is strengthen our borders, or even strengthen the borders between Mexico and those countries, that will not solve the problem.

Get the government out of my life.

One of the reasons I am told this is happening is because the economy is stronger in Mexico.