Americans have a right to know the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

Mr. Speaker, in August 2009, the President stated, ``You do not raise taxes in a recession.'' This week, the same President proposed $1.5 trillion in higher taxes as more than 14 million Americans are without jobs. The President's tax…

I firmly believe that energy is a segue to job creation and that is what this hearing is about is about jobs.

The ANWR area was set aside in 1980 by Jimmy Carter.

The thing that concerns me the most, I have noticed over the years that almost all these environmental radicals come from very wealthy or very upper income families.

What do you think Americans should pay for a gallon of gasoline? That is a simple question.

I firmly believe that we have got to change the policies in this country to open up the Federal land and lessening the regulations.

I wish to thank you and Senator Leahy for bringing the nomination to the floor. Very quickly, colleagues, this is a confirmation vote for Timothy Cain to be a Federal judge in South Carolina. Tim was my law partner, so I will just put my…

Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute to Mike Mullen who is retiring as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after more than 43 years of distinguished service to our country. Admiral Mullen began his rise in the Navy as a…

When I was in business for myself, I realized real quickly that you could never hire somebody or pay someone to do something as cheaply as you could do it yourself.

More Americans working will mean fewer Americans relying on the government services and a lessened burden on state, local communities, state government.

I guess I am one of the very few Members who has been up to Prudhoe Bay twice.

The solution to our energy problem is to reduce our dependence.

Thank you Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member DeMint, and Members of the Subcommittee, for the invitation to speak today.

Mr. Speaker, we just spent several weeks back in our own districts, and I had a chance to talk to a lot of folks--and a lot of my Democrat friends. I do have some of those. They're always asking me, Why can't you just agree with the…

I want to thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue and so many others on the Education and Workforce Committee. Mr. Speaker, the NLRA is supposed to balance the rights of employees, employers, and the general public, but you…

I thank the Chair. This is very important. We are broke at home, and there are a lot of things we could and should be doing for our States. I want to try to get our fiscal house in order, but we have to defend this country. The foreign…

Ladies and gentlemen, I rise today in support of H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, that would end the funding for the NLRB's lawsuit against Boeing. {time} 0950 I'm an original cosponsor of this legislation…