I have to question the point of the exercise today.

The deficit will be over $1 trillion--that is with a T.

Mandatory spending accounts for 70 percent of the federal budget.

Our fiscal trajectory, it is not sustainable.

The report language I intend to request would require the Department of State to report to Congress on the steps that the Egyptian government is taking to ensure proper treatment and justice for Christians communities in their country.

Well, Chairwoman Lowey, thank you for your years of service to our Congress and to the American people.

If indeed the goal of the first bill, which is to end all leasing, were to come into fruition, or at least allow litigation to make sure that the rest of it is stopped at some point, it will have the net effect of destroying Western…

Did you know the oldest structures on Earth are wooden structures.

I want to stress again that this is not just a carbon sequestration bill, it is a carbon emission reduction bill.

I wish we had longer to have that conversation.

I will take all I can get.

The No. 1 reason for deforestation in the United States? It is development.

Sustainability is keeping something at a level or better than you found it in the past to get on to future generations.

I have never said we don't need to reduce carbon emissions, and this bill actually focuses on reducing carbon emissions and sequestering carbon.

The answer is trees. Unequivocally, the most pragmatic, proactive, economical, and large-scale solution to reducing atmospheric carbon levels is sustainable forestry.

Americans want Congress to act. According to the Pew Research Center, most Americans currently list the environment as one of the top policy priorities.

It is wonderful that when you try to satisfy special interest groups, you can't satisfy them all without actually destroying all of them at the same time.

the actual emissions are decreasing in the same time period.