No. I think it's also interesting--you have the right to close--that the President's budget, for which there was no pushback by this other side of the aisle, zeroed it out. Ours didn't. We're just cutting it by $4 million, and it's a tough…

We can't even imagine that this could happen in this country. It is inconceivable.

How can we sit by idly and not look at this in the face and not got our minds around this horror and not act?

But at least we haven't slipped into this barbaric practice of having families subjected to the strong arm of the government.

That is not work. That is not employment. That is a form of slavery.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 398, nays 18, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 713]…

I am honored to recognize our guest chaplain, my fellow Nebraskan and friend, Reverend Dr. Leroy E. Adams, Jr., who has served as the senior pastor of Omaha's Morning Star Baptist Church since September of 1999. Prior to serving in Omaha…

I disagreed with President Obama, his decision to surge in Afghanistan as I did with President Bush on the surge in Iraq.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 420, noes 0, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 678] AYES--420…

There is no doubt that the facts are that, on the Keystone but not the Keystone XL, there have been 12 leaks, 12 leaks of as little as 5 gallons to 400 barrels from a recent one. Those were determined to be caused, not by the safety of the…

I appreciate the thoughts of the gentlelady from Hawaii. Coming from Nebraska, where it's the Sand Hills and the sensitive area and the Ogallala aquifer, I want to make sure that the people in my State have the peace of mind and the…

I urge defeat of this onerous and job- killing amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy). The question was taken; and the Chair…

I want to give a degree of confidence that this scenario's already been set forth. This is the environmental study, pages 3-99: maximum spill volumes. It's already been modeled out. It's already been determined. And just to provide further…

Thank you. Let me assure the gentleman from Georgia that part of the environmental impact study based on the EPA modeling inherently includes the impact of health around the communities. So I am confident that the Department of Energy and…

I strongly oppose this amendment. This is a poison pill, especially the way that this amendment is worded. Now, the reality here is when this infrastructure of the pipeline is completed to U.S. refineries that are expanding to be able to…

I still am in opposition because it doesn't really accurately reflect the statements within the EIS, the Environmental Impact Studies. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands has 15 seconds…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, the purpose of this pipeline is so that American citizens will have a reliable source of fuel made in America. That's the whole point of this. And there are companies that are expanding their…

Once again, in the entire record that's been submitted from the Department of Energy to EPA, the studies that have been done conclude that, in global refineries, CO<INF>2</INF> and total life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, whether the…