There is no question that my State understands the critical need for sound levees that are reliable and provide the best protection possible for our community.

There are still extraordinary challenges that are reflected in this budget. And I know that you are dealing with very limited resources.

I want to thank all of you who were on the subcommittee before and will continue to serve because the $2 billion surge barrier, which is the largest surge barrier ever constructed in this Nation's history, is now up and operational.

I was extremely pleased to submit her name for consideration to President Barack Obama for this appointment.

It is with great pleasure and pride that I present to you today Mrs. Nannette Jolivette Brown, a nominee for judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

I want to add my concern. And I have a question about this interior waterway trust fund.

We are protecting our people 1 out of every 100. So we on the international scale have a ways to go.

The $2 billion surge barrier, which is the largest surge barrier ever constructed in this Nation's history, is now up and operational.

Mrs. Jolivette Brown has rightfully garnered the support of both of her home State Senators.

On June 1, the city of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana will mark an historic and long-awaited milestone.

Does this fit with your goals of creating new automobile companies that are pressing forward with new technologies to produce automobiles that can almost double our efficiency?

If the subcommittee will just give me 1 minute of latitude before we get into Energy, Madam Chair, I wanted to just call everyone's attention to the fact that the Mississippi River, as we meet here today, is flowing at an extraordinary…

I think we are going to find that there is a safe path forward.

This subcommittee has jurisdiction, as you know, and has done, I might say, Madam Chair, a remarkable job in the course of the last decade with a lot of help to build this Mississippi River system.

Well, I just want to lay a warning that there is a growing number of Senators on both sides of the aisle that want the taxes paid by this industry to be used for the purposes in which they thought they were being taxed, which is the…

Three times ought to be enough. I mean how many times have you lost your card?

Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the role of Social Security numbers in identity theft and…

I called on the IRS to increase the mileage rates due to higher travel costs brought on by surging gas prices.