If the gentlewoman would yield for a question. How many of our colleagues pitched in on the other side of the aisle and said, We are going to support that kind of tax relief?

Will the gentleman yield? I know the gentleman from New York, Mr. Tonko, knows a great deal about this whole issue of energy security and of creating a new energy economy. And when we passed the Recovery Act, we made this single biggest…

Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here. Madam Speaker, I just wanted to return to sort of where we were a couple of years ago when several of us who are joining you here tonight were running for Congress for the very first time. Mr. Tonko…

Thank you. And I think that's a perfect example. You know, facts are stubborn things, and when you show these graphs, they don't lie. They tell a story of an economy out of control and how we have been able to turn that around and move it…

And as you mentioned, we have a long way to go. We are just getting started trying to rebuild after 8 years of disastrous policies, the recession the likes of which we haven't seen since the Great Depression. But if we can stay on this…

Well, I think we should show that one graph of jobs one more time before we wrap up here tonight, because there's nothing more important than, one, as you said, just the facts, ma'am, and actually looking at data and not rhetoric; and…

I hope the Department of Interior will make the full drilling plan available for peer review by other industry experts.

Regulatory failure is one of the 3 key interlocking failures that I believe are at the heart of this problem.

President Obama suggested one last week; he cited a cozy relationship between the Minerals Management Service, or MMS, and the industry it was regulating.

If we find that the use of dispersants has had a damaging impact on natural resources, would BP be responsible for those damages as well?

Safety requires carefulness instead. Time is money on an offshore oil rig, and there is always an incentive to put profit over safety.

I think it is important that we get a regulatory hold on this.

the era of self-regulation is over for the offshore oil industry.

I have confidence that you are pushing BP as hard as you can to stop the spill and protect ecosystems.

Madam Speaker, like most Americans I am outraged by the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case that overturned decades of law that prohibited corporations from spending unlimited money in political campaigns. The Citizens…

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on National Parks. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. in room…

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the hearing scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, will now be held in room SR-325 of…

I think one of the keys is, as you said, mobilizing these other resources around the Federal Government.