I can honestly say, of all the committees I serve on, there is no budget that is in more crisis than this one.
If there was ever an example of what's going to happen, when the levees broke in New Orleans... is there any other case ...
If we don't really understand this mitigation, sort of one for one, like if you take an acre of wetlands, you have to re...
This budget that we have in front of us... simply does not have enough money to maintain or invest or build the structur...
I'm going to be on a tear this year to focus on our water transport because it's crucial.
I say we cannot afford not to make them.
We also have to be sensitive to the taxpayers that are picking up this tab.
The President has implemented a policy that has actually reduced American energy production and supply.
We have lost about a dozen deepwater rigs, billion-dollar-plus assets that have left the Gulf of Mexico because they can...
He has bowed down to their prince and, you know, he has begged them for more oil.
Imagine it is better to do business in Egypt than in America because of the President's policies.
the President has put policies in place that have gotten us now to $4 a gallon almost in gasoline prices.
the President is trying to shut down through the EPA.
in the Gulf of Mexico it is down 17 percent.
the President has recently started talking about an all-of-the-above energy strategy.
Tell us why is it essential for the Senate to act on this?
The challenge for leaders in this town is we are consumed by people whose vision only goes from year-to-year.
I have gone on record saying that I think the Coast Guard needs closer to $2 billion per year to recapitalize, do proper...
