John Doolittle: “The President claims that this is a simple plan. I would just say to the gentleman that I have got the bill. It looks…”

The problem we have had is, frankly, the authorizing committees, for whatever reason, have chosen not to act. And in that vacuum we've been faced with a crisis of what do we do with the teacher being laid off or in Oregon's case with…

Osama bin Laden said the center of the war on terror is in Iraq, yet we hear Democrats asserting Iraq has no connection to the war on terror. Osama bin Laden declared that, and that is why we need to understand it is important that we…

Actually, I want to ask you one too, so I'm glad you're both up here. Mr. Chairman, you have worked with us and tried to help us, and I would agree with Mr. Walden on that. You were kind enough to offer something a minute ago that I'd just…

I apologize to my good friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham), but I have always supported the oil and gas exploration. Our economy demands it, and I believe this can be done safely. It is a jobs issue, it is about lowering…