Reclaiming my time, in wrapping this up, there's a lot of things that the Republicans--we get accused of an awful lot of things around here. We're going to ignore those accusations. Mr. Blunt has a bill. The Oil Spill Response and…

I thank my friend from Texas for yielding. And let me say, that was a real eye-opener. I knew from having read some of the things previously that BP certainly was claiming big green activities both in their ads on television and in other…

If the gentleman will yield for a moment, I would argue that we enhance our cynicism quite a bit by the article that you just read concerning the relationship between the Obama administration, the Democratic Party, and British Petroleum…

I want to congratulate my colleague for doing some mighty interesting research. It is good that we laid this kind of research out before this House and before the American public. One of the things that people get concerned about up here…

And the first thing I should say is, Amen to everything you've had to say, and I want to thank you for saying it. You know, it's become a strange world when our closest ally in the Middle East, Israel, sends its Prime Minister over here…

John Mica from Florida was with us earlier tonight, and he gave us an interesting revelation. There is an American flagship firm with cleanup capabilities that has informed our government they stand ready and willing, if they are asked, to…

Mr. Speaker, I thank you for this hour. It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks on this issue of this oil spill, because we are going to get two conflicting points of view. I actually heard, I believe, that somehow this oil spill…

That comment about the no vehicles also prevents those who are in charge of enforcing our border from following the drug dealers as they take their caravans of bad product across the border and into our wilderness area, and that is a…

In reclaiming my time, let me say right off that I am very, very proud to be part of a Congress that instantly reacts to a crisis situation. Mr. Oberstar should be commended for that reaction. That is what we are asking for the entire…

I thank my friend from Hawaii for yielding, and I thank him for the opportunity to speak on behalf of this important honor we are bestowing upon the Army by congratulating them on their 235th birthday. The first time that I ever realized I…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support for H. Res. 879 supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week. I would like to share a quote from Mr. William Arthur Ward who said ``The mediocre teacher tells. The good…

President Obama and the NPR put preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to terrorists and to states that don't already possess them at the very top of our national security agenda.

New START does not define or limit rail-mobile, air-launched, or sea-borne ICBM launchers as START did.

However, it is true that, based on the counting rules--specifically in relation to bombers--this treaty actually allows for a significant increase in deployed warheads over the previous START.

Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and Secretary Chu, under START, we were able to confidently count the number of mobile missiles.

The Russians do not have to tell us where all their warheads are, just the number of deployed warheads.

unlike the Russians, the United States has treaty obligations with at least 30 other nations.

only the United States has to make real reductions to our nuclear forces to comply with the New START.