Today's hearing will look at the effects of drug use in horseracing, how it impacts the health and wellbeing of jockeys.

In 2008, members of the Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on 'Breeding, Drugs, and Breakdowns.'

We will consider the need for a national set of uniform rules to prohibit the use of performance enhancing drugs with a set of consequential penalties for violations.

Horse racing, unlike all other professional sports, adheres to no national anti-doping policy.

I've never said H.R. 1733 is perfect, but it is a proposed solution to a problem that must be addressed.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Thomas C. Detwiler, a constituent and friend from Ridgway, Pennsylvania. Tom is the mill manager of Johnson Domtar's Johnsonburg mill, and earlier this week he was awarded the prestigious Mill Manager…

Mr. Speaker, last week, liberal MSNBC host Ed Schultz found himself agreeing with the Heritage Foundation and Mitt Romney. What issue could possibly unite liberals and conservatives? The answer is: sugar reform. You see, sugar farmers and…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on amendment No. 2042. This is really an amendment that maintains standards that we have had a right to expect and have expected for many generations; that is, the standard of service that the Postal Service…

Mr. President, this is about the standard of service that we have come to expect from the Postal Service for many generations. I realize a lot of work has gone into this consensus that has developed. We know we need to make changes to the…

I have urged the Administration to become directly involved in this issue.

Closure of these facilities would likely mean that the Northeast region will experience a decrease in the supply of Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD), at the same time there will be an increase in demand for ULSD as both a transportation fuel…

It's clear that we need to accelerate natural gas development and use. Natural gas is produced right here at home--creating jobs.

I am focused on ensuring that changes in refining capacity in the Northeast have as little impact as possible on energy prices, on jobs in our communities, and on the economic recovery.

I hope we agree on that, and we're trying to push hard on that.

I wanted to get your sense of that legislation, and the impact, and if you can make any assessment...

We've worked very hard, a broad coalition of people in Pennsylvania, to be constructive in our engagement with the companies.

the United States and its policy, going to abandon this region.

I truly believe that we have an opportunity to be a friend and that we are doing business with China.