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Before do you that, can I just remind you that Admiral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along that same line, said, there can be no national security without energy security. There can be no national security without energy…
One of the most subversive threats facing the U.S. and our neighbors comes from Iran's hostile activity and strategy influence in our hemisphere.
the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Duncan, which incorporates changes from both sides of the aisle
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an exceptional group of students, teachers, and parents of the Bell Street Middle School Science Olympiad Team, which just won its 10th consecutive Science Olympiad State Championship. Let me repeat…
I've gotten Facebook posts. I've gotten phone calls in our office encouraging just that, for the President to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to help lessen the price at the pump. But let me just tell America that it was during the…
This bill offers us an opportunity to work together with our allies and partners in the Western Hemisphere to identify the mutual threats to our interests and act together to protect those interests.
Well, let me thank the gentleman from Colorado for his dedicated service to not only the State of Colorado but to our Nation. We have been coming to the floor talking about the increasing prices of energy across America. Since we came back…
The gentleman from Colorado has been a stalwart and a leader in energy, American energy independence, as a leader of the House Energy Action Team. We call it HEAT, H-E-A-T. Let me just tell America, if you want to find out some of these…
Energy production might be up in this country, but it has nothing to do with the policies of this administration. It goes back to the previous administration that said, you know what, we're going to open up Bakken because the geological…
I think the Bush administration relied way too much on Executive power, and that this administration is reluctant to use power that has been there.
I believe that after 9/11 we have been in an undeclared state of war with al Qaeda.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Everyone captured in the United States held as an enemy combatant has a habeas right to appear before a judge.
I want to make sure we have a legal system that recognizes the distinction between fighting a crime and fighting a war.
The national security goal is to find out what that person, even if it is an American citizen, knows about enemy operations.
I do not want to torture anybody. And prosecution is a secondary concern to me.
My view is that an American citizen helping al Qaeda is basically engaging in a war against us.
What drives my thinking, Senator Feinstein, is that my primary goal is to get as much good intelligence as we can when we capture someone.