Gary Palmer: “I understand some of the frustration that my colleagues have expressed...”

A moratorium would be suicidal for the country.

They are small business owners, farmers, parents, veterans, and neighbors who get up every day and do the right thing for their families and their communities. That is who I work for. That is who this has always been about.

I don't think we want to follow the California model for America's economic future, with their high energy prices, the highest poverty rate in the country, and destructive economic policies driving businesses out of the State. I think with…

Congress has a role in governing the country.