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Because they began the negotiation under IGRA, as required under section 20, to begin a negotiation with the Governor, and they had to make a settlement with the Governor, who can do it. So, instead of going back to court, they used the…
So the actual wording of the referendum states, ``A voter approval requirement does not apply to Indiana tribal gaming.'' By passing H.R. 2176, Congress will bring about a final resolution to this land claim dispute that has been going on…
Mr. Speaker, today the U.S. House of Representatives has an opportunity to vote on my legislation, the Federal Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act, H.R. 6346. Every Member of the House will face a simple choice: Vote to stand up for…
I agree with him, we need to have a short-term and long-term strategy. And as the former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, my friend Mr. Barton knows that this is my third bill we have had on price gouging. And the reason why…
in closing, let me just once again reiterate today every Member of the House has a choice. He can side with the big oil companies and the record profits, or you can side with the American consumer. A vote against my bill is a vote against…
Madam Chairman, the Stupak-Visclosky amendment would require that all steel and iron used under the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act be produced in the United States. Cheap imported steel is a danger to our…
Gasoline inventories actually have a surplus. March 7, 2008, we had a surplus of 22 million barrels of gas more than the previous year. Gas supplies are up. Oil gas demand is actually down. And what do we have? We have a 51 percent…
I hope we will defeat this motion to recommit. I sit on the Energy and Commerce Committee. I've done a lot of work on oil and gas, and I was in my office when I heard all these myths coming from the other side, and I thought we had to come…
I rise in support of H.R. 493, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, GINA. After 13 years--this bill will finally make its way to the President's desk, to help protect families from genetic discrimination. Congratulations to the…
Ninety-five to 98 percent of those playing in this market have no intentions of taking possession of oil or providing a product. They are there for one reason, to rake all the profits off the American people that they can through their…
I have over 1,600 miles of shoreline on the Great Lakes. It is critically important that we pass this Coast Guard bill. But on this point, my colleagues on the other side use a very important bill like the Coast Guard bill to talk about…
We've passed energy price gouging legislation. We have a PUMP Act to take the speculators and close the Enron loophole. We've passed the renewable portfolio standard. We are moving forward. And we ask our friends on this side of the aisle…