What is it that we do here to keep enough pressure and spotlight on the Palestinians, who are the guys that we might prefer win this battle, so that they clean up their act so that the guys who are the terrorists don't win?

Part of the problem with the electricity bills that we are paying, or that we are giving funds to the Palestinian Authority to pay, is they are, in turn, financing the operations of the Gaza power plant.

So are you saying that the title of our hearing here, 'Chronic Kleptocracy,' might be a bit of an overstatement?

In Massachusetts, the statute passed and signed into law by Governor Romney, requires every Massachusetts resident to file a certificate with the annual State income taxes that they have to file, proving you have insurance.

I believe we are seeing right now inside the Palestinian territories. The insiders get wealthy, the insiders gain more power.

I met with Dr. Fayyad. And the impression at the time was that he was sort of a clean government type.

And what they found was, whatever that barrier was, it was diminished as a barrier.

many of the regulations prescribed by Dodd-Frank will continue to act as a hindrance to our job creators and America's economic recovery.

Dodd-Frank has caused negative effects on job creation and will lead to less access to credit for consumers.

Today the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee convenes the second of a series of hearings related to the Afghan National Security Forces.

My views on these issues have been informed by a recent trip to Afghanistan.

when we have new regulations, no matter how well intentioned and how much they might save somebody money, when you add $1,000 more to the cost of a car by 2016 and a total by $3,000 more by 2025, you are basically saying that a lot of…

my people back home tell me that in the cold winter, the program runs out of money about mid February, and people are cold.

I want to call to order the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

I want to take a moment to highlight the extraordinary efforts of our All-Volunteer Force serving in Afghanistan.

I would submit that what the EPA is now trying to do to these gentlemen trying to produce jobs is just as ridiculous

there is a bumper sticker out there that says if you think coal is ugly, wait until you see poverty.

Yes, you could make my son's life a whole lot better if you tore down every tree in the United States of America and the world, but that obviously is ridiculous.