Jo Bonner

I'm prepared to close if the ranking member has no further speakers.

I would inquire of the gentlelady from California how much additional time does she intend to seek because, as I have heard her comments, respectfully, it sounds like those were all contained in her response which was included in the…

I am happy, on the part of the committee, to yield 5 minutes to Representative Richardson.

I am prepared to close unless there are any further requests for time.

I am now pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), who ably served as chairman of the investigative subcommittee, for any comments he may have.

Is it too much to ask that our Federal Government encourage fishermen as well as the regional fisheries management councils to have more freedom to innovate and explore new management strategies?

The Gulf Coast states comprise the fastest growing U.S. coastline by population and account for 27 percent of our Nation's ocean economy.

But how serious is the debt issue that we have got hanging over our Nation, even as this Committee struggles...

The national debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did during the eight years of the George W. Bush presidency.

The RESTORE Act, as has already been noted, is vitally important to both the gulf coast and to our country.

The truth is the audit has not even begun yet. They have not even named a firm to do the audit.

We actually have a provision added to the CJS, Commerce, Justice, Science, appropriation bill demanding an audit and requiring the Justice Department to do it.

I work for the people of the Gulf region. That is who I work for. I am totally independent.

The WTO has only had an interim ruling, and everyone knows that. And within weeks, the WTO should be able to consider the complaint of the European Union against Boeing. To that point, $16.6 billion in R&D subsidies have been recorded for…

When EADS wins the competition this time, as they did the previous time, they intend to create almost 48,000 jobs in the United States, many of which, quite honestly, will be in my district in Alabama. But they will be in all 50 States. So…

Jobs, jobs, jobs. That was the message the President delivered last week in his State of the Union address.

One of the worst things that you can do is show up sick, because then you're going to infect your coworkers.

Time after time our Democrat colleagues have come to this floor over the past few months and said the American people voted for change on November 7. It was all about change. Well, if this Democratic budget passes and if our taxes go up…

Knowing that time is precious and that our colleagues from Florida have already engaged the gentleman from California, I would like to raise this question in a colloquy. Mr. Speaker, as these discussions continue toward a plan that could…

You see, our friends on the other side have suppressed their appetite to raise your taxes long enough, and just like that chain smoker who has to go to the drawer and find that little addiction, they are coming back to it again today with…

This is not something that is new. It has come up in the past. I am sure it will come up in the future.

We should compliment organizations such as that. It would hurt U.S. jobs, because when we have the inability to transfer our technology, to transfer our American interest to foreign countries, those jobs are going to go to other countries.

It would hurt U.S. jobs, because when we have the inability to transfer our technology, to transfer our American interest to foreign countries, those jobs are going to go to other countries.

The sponsor of the amendment indicated that OPIC costs us money. In reality, Mr. Chairman, let me tell my colleagues that OPIC makes money.