So that was an option? That was an option?

I understand, but you can't give the money if they're not going to pay it back.

Did you weigh in with Jonathan Silver and tell him to restructure the loan?

Madam Speaker, while we have watched courageous democracy, human rights, and leaders of minorities stand up to thugs and extremists and demand a free and peaceful Egypt, deeply disturbing cases are occurring where the spotlight is not…

And I understand that, but when you look at it, it is the private lands today because of what the private land has been doing under the jurisdiction of the states and have been doing safely.

But my question was----

Today we have access to clean, reliable, affordable, American-produced energy.

OK. Great. Thank you.

I see them as the next nucleus of job creation in America.

This legislation may be overly broad, that it too easily circumvents Internet users.

This particular legislation may be overly broad, that it too easily circumvents Internet users.

I think we have to have that answer from whatever resources we can get.

I think we have a consensus that online piracy is a both devastating and destructive element of the Nation's economy.

I think we need to ramp up and get coordination between military, civilian and government resources.

I think that this is crucial work, and I am very concerned that we are confronting it the way we should.

I have always said that the role of--even in this quiet room, the role of this committee and its counterpart on the other--in the other body, and the Department, and all of you who are sitting here is to ensure with every fiber in our…

I come from the largest--fourth-largest city in the Nation with a lot of influence in the energy industry...

I think there is much room for the combined witnesses that represent the different organizations to collaborate.