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I think we have got to get back to focus on our border.

This isn't about oil company profits. This is about supply and demand. We don't have the supply necessary to meet the energy needs in this country. But the American people know that we've got the resources here in this country, whether…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership on this issue. Our friends across the aisle here want us to use this debate today to demagogue this issue and demonize American energy producers. Let us refocus on what this debate is really…

Mr. Speaker, this week's historic election in Canada brought to power a conservative majority for Parliament. By winning a full majority of the 167 conservative seats, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will now have 4 years of uninterrupted…

Why does President Obama have an obsession with raising taxes?

There is no excuse for this dismal job performance.

It is frustrating beyond words to see the excruciatingly slow progress in employment growth, especially while President Obama pursues policies that obstruct economic activity and job creation.

It took years of painstaking work to create the pivotal moments when U.S. forces descended upon bin Laden's compound and flawlessly executed their mission making the world a much safer place.

Since the late-breaking announcement on Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden had been killed, the Nation has been riveted by the valor and courage displayed by our troops that led to his demise.

Thank you so much. Thank you for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend and give thanks to all those who played roles in the operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. First and foremost, President Obama who…

I think we have lost that argument. I do not believe Guantanamo Bay is going to be closed anytime soon by the Congress.

It is my belief that the policy today is that the Army Field Manual is the exclusive means of interrogating terrorist suspects.

Congratulations to the administration for, I think, what will be a historic operation when it comes to the operation against bin Laden.

This was an operation within the law, and the Navy SEALs acted appropriately.

I just think it is a mistake to deny the CIA the ability to use classified techniques in the Detainee Treatment Act that I helped write because the enemy needs to be kept off balance.

I believe, as I have said many times--I have been a military lawyer for 30 years--waterboarding as a technique has been talked about among the legal community and the military for a very long time as something not appropriate.