I thank my good friend from Hobbs, New Mexico, for yielding. Representing part of Pennsylvania, it is an honor to be part of the Western Caucus. I represent western Pennsylvania and central Pennsylvania and a little bit of eastern…

Madam Speaker, yesterday, I joined members of the Pennsylvania State legislature, gun owners, and the president of the NRA at the Pennsylvania State capital in support of our Second Amendment rights. I appreciate their deep belief in…

Given the additional information that would be available from a compliant Libyan partner, is the administration open to a new investigation into the Pan Am bombing?

With Mr. Qadhafi, we created conditions precedent. Right? He had to renounce terrorism. He had to get rid of his weapons. Those were conditions.

I hope you would get him to verify to you what he said to me.

This Senator and my colleagues, Senator Lautenberg, Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, who have all shown interest on this, will be very concerned about what the State Department does in that regard.

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the development of the Appalachian Development Highway System, ADHS. The completion of this highway system, which connects 13 States from New York to Mississippi, is critical to the economic…

It seems to me that it is perfectly reasonable to expect that Americans whose families were killed at the orders of Mr. Qadhafi should be able to derive from a new Libyan Government a commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I think a point in terms of the profits that oil companies make, it really is what most industries, whether it's a manufacturer or service industry, make right around 6 to 8 percent; but yet you have to…

It is, and all the related jobs. Absolutely. You're right. It's not the drilling jobs, but it's the hotel jobs and it's the restaurant jobs. I've got manufacturers right now that are sitting with jobs that they can't fill. We hear a lot…

I thank my good friend from Texas for hosting this hour. I actually do think this administration has an energy policy, and it's all about shutting down all of the domestic use of the resources we've been blessed with in this country. It's…

The unemployment rate is lower than the national average is. I have a couple counties in particular. Tioga County is one of them, which is in the heart of the Marcellus natural gas. It is probably the first time in history that that…

Well, you're right. The demand side impacts gas prices as well, and it has been very well documented that two countries in particular are increasing their thirst for oil, and it's going to drive up the demand for oil worldwide, and that is…

I just want to come back to the point you talked about in terms of ethanol, wind, solar. It could be anything. Anytime that you take a new energy to commercial level, commercialize it, but you do it artificially, you do it with subsidies…

This is a gun-running country, unfortunately. A lot of it passes through my own city of Houston, and that is fueling the fire of drug cartels and violence with guns.

Let's deter and stop the unlawful exportation of guns and ammunition.

I respectfully suggest that we control our borders OUTBOUND through steady-state port of exit inspections, similar to port of entry inspections.

I realize that these suggestions place our right to bear arms front and center. I do not wish to trample on that. However, I believe that our right to bear arms is not a right to arm a WAR in a foreign country.