John Doolittle: “You would have to be entitled to have a Social Security number, which, as I understand it, would be someone who is…”

today we are about to further our independence on foreign sources of energy. I fully support that effort and urge my colleagues to do so as well. However, one item of particular concern to me is the contamination of groundwater by MTBE--a…

You make a very, very good point, and I have occasionally seen a talented government official who is a problem solver. And so they get out of the adversarial mode where they are doing inspections and levying fines, and they are actually…

I was, like many of my colleagues, shocked and deeply saddened to hear the news about Juanita. Grace Napolitano had just brought by a nice card for Members to sign on Friday, I think it was, and here I realize that she has passed away. I…

I had the privilege of representing the adjoining region to Bob Matsui, who represented the City of Sacramento and certain surrounding areas. He and I got to know each other pretty well. We had some real contentious issues, one specific…