the federal government gets involved, it creates uncertainty, it raises the cost of capital, it slows up the delivery process

Mr. Speaker, this week, the House will consider the Path to Prosperity budget, reaffirming once again that House Republicans are the only ones in Washington offering serious solutions to government spending-driven debt crisis. Americans at…

As policymakers, it is our responsibility to ensure that all segments of the population are able to participate in building this critical infrastructure.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing which is part two on the diversification of the Nation's electricity supply.

you send a message to the Taliban and you say hey look, we are sending more troops, but just wait your turn.

Lack of access in pipeline infrastructure is also an issue that I have concerns about.

You send a message to the Taliban and you say hey look, we are sending more troops, but just wait your turn.

I drafted language in the Pipeline Safety Regulatory Certainty and Job Creation Act of 2011 which calls for a comprehensive GAO report examining the levels of engagement and participation of minority-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged…

I wish you would also certainly consider a hearing where we will have some scientists come in and discuss climate change.

I think what America has done and what the Western world has done in Afghanistan has been frankly pretty amazing.

We are going to send more troops in and we are going to win this war.

But for me, the concerns are regarding the lack of access for minorities and women when it comes to jobs and contracts.

And what you saw when that happened was on a dime the war in Iraq turned.

I will tell you that Afghanistan in my mind, although U.S. interests are at stake, was a war that was fought out of frankly, I think, moral justification;

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question was will you be pursuing the exact same process for the F-35 for future combat systems, especially the Next Generation 6 fighters that you are proposing now.

In fact, we are talking in the trillions of dollars eventually.

We have plenty of Irish men and women here today, but not just today, here every day.

The truth is we have plenty of Irish men and women here today, but not just today, here every day.