I thank you for your support for this effort for American jobs. At this time I'd like to recognize another one of our freshman phenoms on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the gentleman from Virginia, Morgan Griffith.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, we are going to discuss energy security, American jobs, and the Keystone XL pipeline. At this time I yield such time as he may consume to the chairman emeritus of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Joe…

Thank you, Mr. Sullivan, and I appreciate your support on this issue. At this time I'd like to recognize the gentleman from Illinois, one of the new phenoms on our Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Kinzinger.

Thank you, Mr. Barton. At this time I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the other gentleman from Texas, Judge Carter.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think coupling--putting the unemployment extension, the tax holiday, the doc fix, and a real jobs bill together--which is what the American people have been telling Congress for the entire year, that they want to…

It just seems logical that as we have a bill to extend unemployment insurance for those unemployed that we also have a measure for them to become employed, and that's the Keystone pipeline. It is a $7 billion infrastructure project that is…

I thank the chairman and appreciate the gentleman from Boston's arguments here suggesting that this bill somehow exempts arsenic and all these poisons. The reality is it does not. It's an unnecessary amendment. It, one, is to make a point…

I claim the time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Nebraska is recognized for 5 minutes.

I am amused, humored by the opposition, all hailing from our greatest cities in the United States, urban areas. I would like to read a note that I received from a rancher in Nebraska and our Nebraska cattlemen representing those who are…

I am pleased to speak today about the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny, or the REINS, Act. This bill, which I have cosponsored, restores accountability to the regulatory process by requiring an up-or-down vote in Congress…

He authored an amendment to the State Department authorization bill that reaffirms our commitment to end malaria deaths by 2015.

I look forward to learning more about your audit work on the SNAP program and the Department's use of information technology.

We cannot afford to waste taxpayer dollars intended for struggling families.

It's more important than ever that we get the maximum benefits from every taxpayer dollar.

I saw for myself the devastation caused by the flooding along the Missouri.

Thank you for holding this important hearing to examine the impacts of this Missouri flood.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have long supported a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and I don't take the issue lightly of amending our Constitution, which has endured through strife and dramatic historical…

``It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.'' That was said by our 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes. It is a timely and insightful comment. The United States now is the debtor. We are $15 trillion in debt, rising at a yearly clip…