I am going to be dropping a bill today that we have worked with industry, with CFTC as well as members of this Committee on--and I will be talking to the chairman about it later--that seeks to correct the end-user exemption that needs to…

I am very concerned though he does not know the triggers because what we have done is we have set these sort of guidelines for it and then we react.

I think we are being too reactive in this regard.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chairman yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, it is amazing. The American people still have not received answers that they deserve, I believe, from Lois Lerner. Just sitting here on the floor and listening for…

I need your help to connect my constituents who are satellite subscribers with local in-State programming.

Localism is important, and the current DMA setup leaves my constituents feeling isolated and removed from their home State.

My folks in Elberton, Stephens, Hart, and Franklin counties do not look to the national news service to determine.

Without the reform that is necessary, the $4 billion that the United States promised the Palestinians, should an agreement be struck, would have been wasted.

The idea of ensuring continued financial assistance or financial incentives to the Palestinian Authority right now is putting the cart before the horse.

It is not like he all of a sudden came out of nowhere and went to power. We know his background and it is just very concerning to me that we are not a little more--

I believe we have just been too reactive here and I know there is the concerns of Eastern Europe.

This discussion today on the proposed Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger is a fresh opportunity for this Committee to continue its long history of promoting a dynamic, competitive marketplace and protecting the public interest through strong…

I am one of those who tries to refrain from using 'entitlement reform' when it comes to Medicare and Social Security, because those are contracts we have with the American people that they have paid good money for.

The quicker we deal with the fix, because of the time value of money, the easier the fix is going to be.

I am a big fan of the negotiations that are going on on both the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

I do not think Ms. Vetter can do her job, or that Mr. Froman can do his job, without TPA.

We are not going to be able to fulfill the promises of Social Security and Medicare if we do not reform both eligibility, as well as how the formula is done, as well as look at the revenue sources.

Whatever we do to deal with those shortfalls is going to entail some tough choices, either raising revenues in some fashion or reducing the rate of growth of benefits in some fashion.