That is my understanding, my observations, where on one site, where this drilling activity goes on, takes up to perhaps 90 days to drill and to frack one of these wells, you can put multiple, at least up to six, on one site. So in terms of…

Yes. If the gentleman would yield, absolutely. It's 99.5 percent is water and sand. The other half a percent is made up of basically ingredients that you would find in many household items as referenced from the chart. You know, there are…

It just stays with the geology down there, and this is like it's a mile below the aquifer. It's actually encased in layers of limestone, especially in Pennsylvania and in New York. That's our geology. We have this Marcellus shale, but it's…

Madam Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 1363, the Department of Defense and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011. I am voting today for H.R. 1363 because I do not support a government shutdown. H.R. 1363 will keep the government…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the proposed cuts to nuclear nonproliferation programs in the continuing resolution, which I believe seriously endangers our Nation's security. When the Senate was presented with H.R. 1, the House's…

Okay. Here we go. When we discussed the cap-and-trade bill, it worked sort of like the Seinfeld show. George Costanza comes to Jerry and says, ``You know what we should do with this show, what it should be about?'' Jerry says, ``What?''…

the present budget that is being offered by the majority would cut TSA by $42 million; and I understand this type of cut would impact on your ability to expand your presence overseas.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I consistently say that terrorism is surprise.

I thank all the witnesses for what I think, from both panels, have been a very, very important presentation today at our hearing.

I continue to believe, as I indicated in my opening statement, that terrorism is a franchise operation.

Mr. Speaker, despite the heated rhetoric over the fiscal year 2011 budget and the failure to responsibly address our Nation's $14 trillion debt, there is one simple truth that we should all take away from this current budget standoff…

I find that offensive to the Constitution of the United States.

We have to work together to find a way to stop this top-heavy, top-down, centralized punitive activity that is going on at the Food and Drug Administration.

I find it ironic that this majority who for so long has been champions of State government, State and local control are supporting a bill that would impose a Federal one-size-fits-all solution.

There is an enormous amount of human suffering and the potential for curing disease that is essentially being left on the shelf in the pipeline going to other countries.

These are not people who are bringing devices to the market that want to harm someone.

The current medical liability system does not work for anyone especially patients who need access to quality healthcare.