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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, we are going to discuss energy security, American jobs, and the Keystone XL pipeline. At this time I yield such time as he may consume to the chairman emeritus of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Joe…
The Department of Commerce was troubled that ICANN was moving forward with the gTLD expansion without having proven that the benefits of expansion outweighed the costs.
He authored an amendment to the State Department authorization bill that reaffirms our commitment to end malaria deaths by 2015.
I urge Congress to put the long-term interests of the American people as a top priority and not rush to build the Keystone pipeline.
The point of this is to avoid the politics and get to the jobs.
It's more important than ever that we get the maximum benefits from every taxpayer dollar.
We cannot afford to waste taxpayer dollars intended for struggling families.
I look forward to learning more about your audit work on the SNAP program and the Department's use of information technology.
I am sorry, but you can't have eight different items, many of which are in conflict with each other, as your priorities.
My constituents and I--and discussions with many of our political leaders throughout the State--firmly believe that the Corps of Engineers must return to their basic principles and purpose of the dam system along the Missouri River, which…
I saw for myself the devastation caused by the flooding along the Missouri.
Thank you for holding this important hearing to examine the impacts of this Missouri flood.
Let's get back to the Corps' roots and initial purposes here, and control the floods.
Statement, dated November 2, 2011, of Hon. Jeff Fortenberry, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nebraska, submitted by Mr. Pitts.
The reason for pressing the issue is clearly that the United States cannot solve all problems for all people
It's important in light of that. We need to make sure that our efforts in the region are not discordant.