Mr. Speaker, in 2003 the United States military and its allies began operations to remove Saddam Hussein from power, who was a ruthless dictator and a threat to stability in the Middle East, undermining world peace. Yesterday, the United…

The United States is on track to become the top global oil and gas producer by 2020.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House passed legislation that supports and provides for servicemembers and their military families who have chosen to dedicate their lives to service in our Armed Forces to protect American families. After…

The administration's refusal to approve the Keystone XL pipeline is a no-brainer for job creation.

By importing oil from nations such as Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, the West is funding the spread of terrorism.

Madam President, could I ask for 30 seconds? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any objection?

This idea of civil liberties and the American way of life--if we do not fight for it, we are going to lose it. We are under siege and we are under attack. So let's fight back within our values. This bill allows us to fight back, and I am…

The American public is frustrated when they are paying over $3 a gallon at the pump knowing that we have got the resources in this country.

I believe that energy is a segue to job creation, and that is what this Congress needs to be talking about.

The Keystone XL pipeline is a job creator. It creates refining jobs and it creates construction jobs.

I thank the Senator from New Hampshire who has been a great leader on this issue. Let me just tell my colleagues what drives my thinking. I think we are at war--I don't think it, I believe it. I hope my colleagues believe it too, and I…

The Senator is correct. But here is what we are doing. Here is what Lindsey Graham is doing, and Carl Levin, and an overwhelming number of the Members of this body are about to do. We are about to pass a defense authorization bill that…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President announced he will veto the payroll tax extension bill passed by House Republicans due to the inclusion of the Keystone pipeline construction. The President campaigns for jobs, but will sadly veto a jobs…

Thank you, Chairman McKeon, for your commitment to military servicemembers, family members, and veterans. Before I begin, I want to commend Vice Chairman Mac Thornberry for his clarification of the detainee issue, which is that the issue…

Mr. Speaker, last Friday the National Labor Relations Board announced that they had approved the requests by the International Association of Machinists to withdraw its complaint against Boeing. For the past year, the President's National…

There are but two points I want to bring up in support of the bill before us today. Thomas Jefferson said this: ``A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to…

This is a very important hearing. And we have made tremendous progress in both clean air and clean water areas over the last 40 years.

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this outrageously partisan and unfair bill. The clock is ticking; working families are worrying; and my Republican friends are…