"I urge my colleagues to recognize--if these pictures don't speak a thousand words, I don't know what does."
"It is important to note that the industry has been driving policy--not surprising, but very much the case as it relates to pipeline safety."
"There has been a lot of money spent on, quote, 'education' that has been absolutely pointless."
"please accept my apology for that behavior."
"Oral Statement"
"Hezbollah has been linked to some of the most horrific terrorist attacks against the United States."
"This should be one card. We shouldn't have to have a HazMat card, a something card, a port card, a State card."
"I look forward to working with you to continue the subcommittee's long history of oversight over the critical mission"
"Let me start by asking you, the House is presently considering a $1 billion cut to the DHS budget."
"I would like to submit for the record a letter signed by 54 of my colleagues and myself asking both Attorney General Holder and Chairman Gensler to immediately start an investigation of price speculat..."
"The death of bin Laden, as many have stated, marks a monumental achievement in our Nation's effort to defeat al-Qaeda."
"We say we have spent over a trillion dollars in the last 10 years in Iraq and Pakistan, we have spent close to $20 billion in Pakistan, and we had to go in ourselves to take out bin Laden."