the hearings are a dog-and-pony show, and he brought a picture to prove it.

I thank Chairman Pearce from New Mexico for using the Western Caucus to illustrate some of these ideas and situations that are here. I'm also grateful that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun) was just here and tried to show how whenever…

The combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would create the largest wireless carrier in the Nation.

Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Graves of Georgia) having assumed the chair, Mr. Dold, Acting Chair of the Committee of the…

Our analysis of the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile should be guided by what will be best for consumers.

Potentially leading to less competition. Is that your position?

I share some of the concerns expressed by my colleague the Chairman, Senator Kohl.

Competition must be understood as maximization of consumer welfare.

I favor market approaches rather than Government funding and intervention to develop a nationwide mobile broadband network.

Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 245 provides for the consideration of two very important bills, H.R. 1229, the Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act, and H.R. 1230, the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, both under a…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 245 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 245 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Utah? There was no objection.

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan), another great new member of the Resources Committee.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Landry). He is a member of the Resources Committee that provides a great deal of insight from his personal background.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), who lives in this area and understands the situation firsthand.

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the minority is asking us to walk down a tangent issue by using negative cue words like ``subsidy,'' so let me walk down that for 30 seconds. Please realize the U.S. oil and natural gas…

Mr. Speaker, let me just make a couple of very quick points, if I could. Once again, the purpose of these two bills is to start our process going towards Americans having adequate energy supplies to live their lives. And it's one of the…

That is right. I believe this will have great bipartisan support among the Governors and hopefully in this body. I thank Senator Barrasso for bringing this to our attention.