I think that is a good thing that the Russians are helping President al-Sisi.

The Arab Spring would have happened anyway.

It is a slap in his face. As well as the spare parts for the tanks that his country needs.

On rollcall No. 240 I missed the vote because of flight delay and bad weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

There is no reason, with our natural resources--correct me if I am wrong--that we should be importing oil from anybody outside of the Western Hemisphere.

So 70 percent of that oil would stay here domestically and, you know, it is funny how many different things are out there.

I share the chairman and ranking member's goal and my vision is to make North America energy secure, energy independent in this region in the Western Hemisphere, to bring stability to the fuel prices.

What I would like to bring out in this hearing is clarification and the purity of science and the purpose of science and not have agendas driven by one side or the other.

We don't want that driving our policies. Because now if we are using those products here, we are going to be banned from trading with Europe on that, and it is not based on science.

I would encourage you guys to get the results of that report out at soon as we can so we can bring some stability to the market.

maybe it is time for an Eliot Ness moment from the old days and put more emphasis on running these people out of this country.

America is known around the world as a country with a global immigration policy of unenforcement.