I thank the esteemed Senator from Ohio for his remarks and express my support for his remarks as well. Myself and other colleagues have been on the floor today talking about the need to work in a bipartisan way. Obviously, the business…

I certainly want to thank my friend and colleague from Oklahoma. He is a colleague on the Natural Resources Committee with me, as well as the Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee, and Mr. Mullin has demonstrated great leadership…

I want to reserve the right to object. I am certainly willing to let the good Senator make comments. But at this point I want to reserve the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I objected earlier, and I want to express my appreciation to the good Senator from Rhode Island. I understand his concerns, but I want to take a minute just to explain the objection that we have. I don't think there is anyone in this…

this is a tough issue. It is a tough issue because good people don't agree. Good people don't see the issue the same way. But we cannot lose sight of the fact that so many of the reforms we will be voting on to guarantee a safe haven, to…

I thank the chairman for his leadership on this important issue. Mr. Chairman, the citizens of North Dakota sent me to Washington in large part to protect our thriving economy from the overreaching regulations, often based on faulty…

Let me begin by thanking my colleague, Mr. Reed, for his leadership on the Congressional Diabetes Caucus. Thank you, that was very inspiring. Mr. Speaker, I am of the firm conviction that America's national security and America's economic…

I thank the good Senator from Louisiana. I am very pleased to join in this colloquy with my cosponsors of this very important piece of legislation. This is about affordability of home ownership. The American dream is about home ownership…

I think we need to be thinking about these issues if, in fact, we see this becoming a way to transmit goods and services that is more generally and regularly accepted.

Congratulations on holding a hearing on something that could be a problem later on and is not a crisis right now.

I do not regulate them; buyer beware.

in North Dakota we have a lot of farmers and we have a lot of ranchers. They are small businesspeople. They run small businesses. They are being hit very hard by ObamaCare like other small businesses across this country. A rancher from…

Wayne and Leann Buchholz operate a ranch near Rhame, North Dakota. They have never been active in politics, but a recent letter from their insurance company has changed all of that, for their letter informed them that they would be losing…

I also understand that, in a place like North Dakota, where there are 17,000 jobs at stake, $3-1/2 billion toward our economy is at stake.

the possible versus probable, as what is the standard, then, of probability before you continue with more years and more resources, given the fact that hydraulic fracturing is not exactly a new technology?

is there a line--and you certainly can understand why industry and states might be concerned that we are down this path, with the mere possibility as a standard, and the uncertainty that that creates in the investment community as we try…

I think what you hear today is bipartisan support to fix both of these problems.

And would you also agree that right now in America we have the greatest income disparity that we have had since the Great Depression, right before the Great Depression?