Perhaps we could work together and dig into this a little bit more and maybe from a document standpoint, certainly to get more clarification...
We seem to have a grand agreement here.
if I had my way, every time we have a hearing here and have a member of the Administration here I would like to have the Secretary of the In...
Instead of looking at the number of permits issued, we should also look at production levels.
The Obama Administration's inability, or refusal, to issue permits in a timely and efficient manner after the official moratorium was lifted...
I was very, very frustrated that we had to postpone this for three weeks.
If the companies officially cited for the oil spill had outright refused to provide witnesses, testimony or answers to the Committee, then I...
For the record, this hearing is occurring at the request of the Democrat Minority, who exercised their rights under the Rules of the House a...
The time it takes to get approval for permits and exploration plans is much longer today.
Like many, if not most, of our members here, I share the view that large, immediate cuts to the defense budget would have substantially nega...
If we go to sequestration, every line item in the defense budget, and frankly, every line item in all discretionary spending has to be cut b...
I would strongly urge this Congress to pass appropriations bills so that we can fund our Government in a responsible and reasonable way.
I agree with the chairman, that the cuts that we are facing in our Department of Defense budget do place national security issues at risk.
The U.S. military is the modern era's pillar of American strength and values.
I hope our witnesses today can help us understand the lessons we learned 10 years ago and give us recommendations about how we might avoid r...
Unless you want to cut entitlements by somewhere around a third, you have got to put revenue on the table.
It is imperative that we focus our fiscal restraint on the driver of the debt instead of the protector of our prosperity.
