I think there is a terrific opportunity in the Senate in the ratification process to address these bipartisan concerns.

With regard to cybersecurity, you specifically recommend the establishment of a special committee with members drawn from Armed Services, Intelligence, Judiciary, and Homeland Security because cybersecurity cuts across all of the…

I am convinced DOD will lead us toward more energy security and new technologies, if we provide them with the support and the interest.

Such a commission, if it were established, should consider very basic issues--for example, the longstanding up-and-out practice of the military.

I, too, hope the Senate will move quickly to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.

The panel views the present organization of Congress as being inefficient because its organization precludes the ability of Congress to harmonize its decisions relative to a host of national security challenges.

Did your panel consider that aspect of the QDR report, and, if so, did you reach any conclusions about the current DOD activities in this regard?

climate change and energy are two key factors that will play a significant role in shaping the future security environment

You recommend that the President try naming lead departments and establishing interagency teams.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, updating the supplemental guidelines on ethics every 3 years will help the Department of the Interior keep current with new issues as they arise and will focus the government…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, Republicans have no problem with this amendment. The fact that the bill will force small companies to now band together simply to meet threshold requirement activities in the…

Mr. Chairman, I would just reiterate that we have no objection to this amendment. I wish it really accomplished something, because the deeper things that are problems in this bill are going to kill offshore production in large part; and we…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Himes amendment and on behalf of its sponsor, as he has been called away for a short time to attend the funeral of a fallen firefighter. Our hearts are with those who are grieving today with my…

I thank the gentleman from Washington. There are many things about having more safety and environmental protection in the gulf that we can all agree on. Unfortunately, this bill goes way beyond those agreement type of provisions. There is…

Mr. Chair, I submit the following. INDECS, May 12, 2010. Re Proposal to amend the Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA 90) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Hon. Robert Menendez, U.S. Senator, Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear…

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim time in opposition to the amendment, although I do not intend to oppose it. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Obey). Without objection, the gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes. There was…

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim time in opposition to this amendment, although I don't intend to oppose it. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

Mr. Speaker, with the passage of this bill we can do an even better job in Vail, Beaver Creek, and in our mountain communities in showing you a good time, Mr. Speaker. And in showing you a good time, Mr. Speaker, we're going to create jobs…