Our Nation is great because in times of trial when we do the wrong thing, we will come back and do the right thing. What this amendment does is attempt to address a wrong that we did many years ago, and right that wrong by restoring a…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 66, after line 4, insert the following: Sec. __. (a) Section 107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in…

I thank the ranking member for yielding and the chairman for his leadership as well. As has been mentioned, this bill is important in our efforts to make sure that mass transit is under the umbrella for the sharing of information. Let us…

Today I rise again to speak about the horrific situation in the military, and that is the epidemic of rape and sexual assault that goes on unabated. This is the 20th time that I am here on the floor to tell the story of yet another victim…

Thank you very much. I will be joined during this hour by my good friend and colleague from California, Congressman John Garamendi. I would like to just begin this discussion on oil prices by recalling that in 2008, the constant refrain…

Well, let's hope we do it sooner than later so that they can be driving their Tesla Roadsters.

Well, we can certainly try to encourage it. I don't know if you have any more thoughts.

Well, thank you, Congressman, for your great presentation and your passion around making it in America, which should be underscored, because one of the great things that happens in my district is a lot of innovation. Tesla, which is an…

Yes. It goes very fast, and it's all electric. So he took it for a little spin, came back and said, I want to buy it. The salesperson says, Well, you're the first person who has ever come in here and literally bought it after just a…

The next chart that we're going to put up is one that you'll find particularly interesting. This is the Big Five oil companies and how much money they made just in 2011. As can you see, $137 billion last year--a 75 percent increase in the…

So we know that we're pumping more oil out of the ground in this country right now than ever before in our history, more than is being pumped anywhere else in the world--1,300 oil rigs. We know that we are still giving the industry a huge…

An interesting point along the same lines, maybe 4 or 5 years ago, the percentage of speculation in the oil market was 30 percent. The speculators were involved in about 30 percent. About 70 percent were end-users that were in the market…