Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

it is a modest investment in the future of America because the dollars that we are putting in to buying in holdings and connecting up wildlife corridors and the rest of the things to get American people into the outdoors are important to…

the request that we have in the President's budget for offshore oil and gas activities for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are essential for us to move forward with the robust oil and gas permitting program in the nation's oceans

I hope that struggle doesn't become an opportunity to shield, for the oil and gas industry to go back to some unregulated winner take all policy.

I would hope that we, in America, can create the gold standard for safe oil and gas production in the oceans of this world.

My strong opposition to this amendment is because it would bar the Department of Justice or any other Federal agency from challenging the constitutionality of this law in Arizona or any other law. The precedent being set by the Poe…

The legislation before us, the continuing resolution, I believe is a full-throttled extremist assault on the environment, on the public health of the American people, and on the jobs and economic well-being of our Nation as a whole. In…

This resolution is, quite frankly, an unfortunate use of our time. Rather than discussing jobs proposals, we are discussing a resolution that is telling ourselves to do something we are already doing, which is the regulatory review. The…

I think your report is compelling because it deals with the role of government.

Gentlemen, if the current offshore policy is based on some similar assumptions... don't we have to rewrite our offshore policy?

Thank you very much.

I rise today in opposition to a regressive and unfair piece of legislation, H.R. 2. We must protect the American people from the Republican NoCare agenda. Their agenda for America is simple: NoCare if you lose your job. NoCare if you or…