The United States has no business cooperating with the People's Liberation Army to help develop its space program.

We should also be wary of any agreements that involve the transfer of technology or sensitive information to Chinese institutions.

I have been very troubled by this administration's apparent eagerness to work with China on its space program.

My constituents expect Congress to closely scrutinize Federal programs to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.

That is why I introduced the Youth PROMISE Act which I know the Attorney General is supportive of, and to provide this kind of evidence based and cost saving program and to get young people on the right track and keep them on the right…

Thank you, Mr. Gohmert. Good morning, I am pleased to join you this morning for this very important oversight hearing on the Office of Justice Programs...

Frankly, when a State seeks to preempt Federal law and to argue on its own that that law is, in advance, unconstitutional, is 'nullification' by any other sense of the word.

I have got four coal-fired power plants that are fully compliant today.

I think maybe you were out of the room when I entered into the record a list of coal-fired power plants right now that would in fact fully meet the standard.

A court told you you had to.

this notion that the hobnail-booted government is going to destroy industry and consumers and cut off the source of electricity in the United States is a false premise

Many of the rate increases he's referring to occurred subsequent to the reregulation legislation passed by the General Assembly of Virginia.

The proposition here is that, should this regulation go into effect, it would have devastating effects both on sources of electricity and on jobs.

Why did it take 21 years, then, to implement the law passed in 1990, signed into law by a Republican President?

the previous administration tried doing what the chairman suggested: Why not just settle for a lower level? And a court of law said 'not good enough'

I don't get to represent them, but our first witness does. You may recall his concern for poor communities bearing this brunt.

It's a shame that the committee majority shows so little interest in legislation that might promote technological innovation and improve management of Federal information technology.

About a third of the air pollution in this region is attributed to those migrating pollution sources.