H.R. 6082 would require the Department of the Interior to open up a number of new areas on the OCS.

Now this is part of free speech, is you being able to speak, but also you listening. And me being able to speak. All right?

This is part of free speech, is you being able to speak but also you listening. And me being able to speak.

I would rather my dollars at the gas pump go to American innovation and research, and supporting American biofuels than to Middle Eastern oil any day.

I agree that while not perfect, the RFS is a critically important and promising policy for our Nation's energy future.

Mr. President, last week we lost a Chicago original. Father Andrew Greeley was a Catholic priest in Chicago and a man of great accomplishment. He was a best-selling author, college professor, newspaper columnist, and a sociologist at the…

Mr. President, I listened carefully to the statement made by the Republican leader. He talked about the issue of increased costs for colleges, saying the tuition is going up, and we have a student loan issue coming up with interest rates…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to come together and improve our broken, misguided, and convoluted tax system. The time is right for tax reform. We currently spend $1 trillion through the Tax Code each year, all of which is…

I think this is an extension of something that was coined a little bit ago, a year or 2 ago, the 'lead from behind' strategy.

I am a big believer that when America retreats from the world, chaos ensues.

The United States is not serious. We are not serious about our red lines.

I was just shocked by the last 5 minutes of what I have heard.

You never use that unless you even intend to follow through, because you are the President of the United States.

I am worried that we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq.

Madam Chair, I rise today to express my strong support for funding veterans' programs. However, I am very concerned that this bill is part of a Republican budget that would shortchange other critical priorities--like education, nutrition…

Our national strategy must embrace both certain core principles in evaluating additional engagement in Syria.

So talking about the patient, by having different quality measures and incentives, do you think that that could affect their access to quality care and their choices?

Optometrists, podiatrists, optometrists, chiropractors have all been recognized by Congress within the definition of physician providers in the Medicare statute.