Global warming is a plague that is driving hundreds of thousands of species from their homes.
Thank you, Chairman Ryan, welcome Director Lew. I want to commend the President for putting forth a budget that reduces ...
Compromise is not a dirty word. Getting things done requires give and take. We should begin that conversation now.
This is a tough love budget. It cuts non-security discretionary spending by $400 billion over the next decade.
I want to commend the President for submitting a budget that reduces our deficit, while also investing in our future.
I hope we don't get to the point where we have to go through that again.
Some of our Republican colleagues have indicated that, if they don't get their way, ... they would shut down the governm...
I think it is an important achievement that in this budget you reach primary balance by the year 2017 and begin to stabi...
the Federal Government's oversight of offshore and oil gas drilling was too lax. We didn't do the job.
Yes, and just to conclude and I will yield my time, I mean it does strike me that there is a very significant inconsiste...
If the Congress is unable or unwilling to impose the fees that you have--that are recommended, then inevitably, the cuts...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Glad I made it back in the nick of time.
I want to thank the Coast Guard and the EPA and the other Federal and local agencies who were involved in the response.
I want to underscore the large challenges that the response teams faced, and the lessons that ought to be learned in the...
the BP spill demonstrated the need to amend and to strengthen that act.
The confusion surrounding the chain of command was exacerbated by the number of governmental agencies that comprised the...
the country take a step back to ensure that any future offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico lives up to claims of saf...
the BP spill shows the need for more robust public capacity to respond quickly and safely to oil spills
