President Obama said we had to choose between jobs and growth at the expense of the environment, or choose the environment at the expense of jobs. That is a false choice.

We have an Administration that is asking for not more money to clean them up, but actually less money.

I think one of the greatest challenges we have as a country as it relates to environmental issues is the attitude that environmental protection is prohibition.

Last week you issued a memorandum to allow industry to increase air emissions of toxic chemicals.

I want to ask unanimous consent to submit to the record the history of the Obama EPA's years long process to address the Waters of the U.S. Rule.

you fail at both when it comes to clean air.

There is something called the Golden Rule... treat other people the way we want to be treated.

Your actions are actually making the problem worse.

We should work together to advance an initiative to make sure that we do all we can to clean up those abandoned mines across the country.

You have also failed to answer at least six State petitions.

I want to thank your staffs on the kind of collaboration that they have demonstrated, I hope with our leadership, to help address this challenge and to bring a sense of urgency to it.

I trust the Postal Service appreciates its role in helping CBP to combat the flow of dangerous drugs in our communities.

If we are looking at a multilayered strategy, maybe part of that is just to do a better job messaging to the target audience, what is at risk here for them, for their lives and for their families, and we have something that actually works…

I think it is only fair to call on the President for what appears to be a failure to make that crisis the priority that it should be.

They have not stopped all the hacks from China, but it has slowed them down a whole lot.

How many more people have to die before this poison stops coming into our communities, before we take the steps, the simple steps, to at least understand where the suspicious packages are and how to get them offline and not delivered to a…

I am convinced that you recognize the vital role that your agency plays in addressing this.

President Obama said, 'This is who is doing it. This is where they are located it. These are their people...'

Although the UPU has the stated goal of having all postal services with the ability to exchange item-level data by the end of 2020, there is a difference between the technical ability to exchange data and the realized ability to collect…

2,518 additional officers is what our workload staffing model that is provided to Congress shows is what we need to perform the duties at the ports of entry.

It is just unconscionable.

A job worth doing is worth doing well.

We had a similar experience with Iran. Iran for years and years was trying to shut down our banks.

The Postal Service is not running out of money. They are out of money.

That would be an admonition for everybody else as well, OK?