If I might interrupt you for a second, well, maybe more than a second. We prepared a little diagram here, and let's consider this a quiz for the American public. Which of these energy sources gets the most Federal subsidies? Would it be…

I am going to let people ponder that for a few minutes while I turn to the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) who has been a champion of protecting the ocean for many, many years.

Let's see, that fellow Murphy was right. Everything that can go wrong will go wrong. And BP didn't plan for what could go wrong. In fact, they ignored it. They put together an application that just ignored the possibility of the worst…

I wasn't here at that time. I got a special election last November. You are telling me that it was just less than a year ago?

About 18 months ago they sat here and they said, ``Drill, baby, drill''? I heard the same thing tonight. They said, End the moratorium on deepwater drilling. Drill. And I am going, You want another oil spill? Thirty-eight in the last 18…

Mr. Speaker, we just heard a very interesting 1-minute presentation that didn't make much sense. We have a world of hurt. People are unemployed. People are going to lose their jobs in local governments and State governments, and teachers…

I was going to speak on a subject, and I will, but after listening to the previous speaker, I think a few comments are in order. I think it was that great socialist, Richard Nixon, that happened to sign the Environmental Protection Act and…

Congressman Farr, thank you for your leadership on this. This is not a new issue for you. I remember your days in the California legislature, where you carried such legislation. You do represent one of the most pristine and one of the most…

I thank my colleague from New Jersey for yielding. I was elected in a special election last November. One of my opponents was an extraordinary young man, an African American. Raised in Fairfield, California, he went to West Point. Very…

I am sure the admiral is able to read the amendment and would understand it doesn't go into effect until the command structure, including the President of the United States, says it is okay and the review has been completed.

Mr. Speaker, I'm astounded. I'm astounded with what I just heard. This is a problem that was actually created nearly a decade ago by the Republicans as they were playing financial games. And to stand here on the floor and say this has to…

Mr. Speaker, for my colleagues' information, before this week is over, we will be voting on jobs for America and cutting corporate tax loopholes that are sending jobs offshore. In the final days of the Bush administration, they asked for…