I intend to -- to do the same thing I have always done with Elizabeth. We have been married 30 years, known each other longer than that. And we will -- we will be in this every step of the way together.

I know that it's not possible that this child could be mine because of the timing of events. So I know it's not possible. Happy to take a paternity test and would love to see what happens.

Investing in education is investing in our future.

to give every child a fighting chance for a decent education as quickly as we can possibly do it, this subcommittee can.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

If all we are given is a place for people to vent their prejudices, how does that advance our cause?

The rush to do something in a wrong way has harmful consequences for humans that would not have occurred if done in the right way.

What I am very frustrated by is that I am from Louisiana.

It seems like in these regional planning councils, the very nature of who is placed on the council and their relative representation will tilt itself toward the result.

But my question is, frankly I have found in this Committee we are guided often by prejudice as opposed to science.

So, I guess I am a little suspicious about this, which may be, if you will, stacked with folks hostile to energy development.

And so, just to be clear, this concern of mine in terms of this trade-off isn't solved by the extra $3 billion?

Mandating production on all Federal leases and increasing fees would not necessarily increase production and could, in fact, reduce industry interest in Federal leases.

This seems to be an extension of the old disapproved and discredited idea of the 'use it or lose it' theory from the last Congress.

OK. Going back to the gap and extending the Shuttle...

I represent Louisiana, which includes Michoud. I am all for the external fuel tanks. But my concern is once you start putting off the next generation that much, you threaten ever getting there.

The consequence of that today is the gap with which most of us are not particularly happy.

I am doing this calculation mentally, but it would probably be about $18 billion over to close the gap...