The focus of today's hearing seems to be on attacking the integrity of agency scientists.

the Department is seeking independent experts to evaluate the allegations.

We believe there needs to be increased scientific rigor applied in ESA decisions.

And I am going to make a very clear and explicit record to support that finding of agency bad faith because, candidly, the only inference that the Court can draw is that it is an attempt to mislead and to deceive the Court into accepting…

I think Judge Wanger's extreme language was misguided, and efforts to attack the credibility of agency scientists are also misguided.

I believe it would be hard to argue that the law has been anything but an abject failure.

Will the final report be made public?

The tea party movement is expressing the most powerful political force in America. It's written in the constitution of the United States, we as people. We, the people expressing their concern about their loss of freedom, the fiscal…

If you listen to what they are telling the media, they don't know why they are there, they are just mad. And I see people angry and I'm not historic too but this attack upon business, attack upon industry, attack upon freedom, now the…

The Tea Party movement is expressing the most powerful political force in America. It's written in the constitution of the United States, we as people. We, the people expressing their concern about their loss of freedom, the fiscal…

16 years ago, Congress failed to pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution by a single Senate vote. Back then, our national debt was about $5 trillion. Today, our debt stands at nearly $15 trillion, and our Democrat leadership…

this rule of yours is going to destroy jobs and it is going to greatly harm our economy.

At the hearing, I asked you if EPA reached out to State regulators and public utility commissioners on the details of the final cross-State rule before it was issued.

A legendary Georgia businessman recently called the Obama administration ``the single biggest impediment to job growth.'' That same man, Mr. Bernie Marcus, also says the business that he founded would have never succeeded if he were trying…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 76, line 2, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $20,860,800)''. Page 158, line…

My amendment would reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities by a mere 10 percent. I have stood up here and offered amendment after amendment trying to highlight areas of our budget that we can afford reasonable cuts. If…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 105, line 18, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $13,500,000)''. Page 158, line 258, after…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: facilities…

My amendment would revert the Smithsonian funding back to the fiscal year 2008 levels. This is simply asking the Smithsonian to tighten their belts, to pull their weight, just like other agencies and departments within the Federal…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 101, line 10, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $55,624,000)''. Page 158, line 25, after…

My amendment would reduce State and Private Forestry funding by a modest 10 percent, and it would transfer more than $20 million to the Spending Reduction Account. The State and Private Forestry funding sets aside money for international…

In the midst of all the talk about raising the debt ceiling, I don't hear anyone talking about the most important factor in this equation, our unsustainable National debt. Everyone is focused on raising the debt ceiling, but if we truly…

Thank you, Dr. Gingrey. What the American people need to understand is that we need to strengthen Medicare and Social Security for future generations. This picture right here is a picture of my two grandchildren, Tillman and Cile Surratt…

Thank you, Dr. Gingrey. I would certainly like the time. The American people need to understand that the purpose of ObamaCare, the bottom line really was expressed by the President himself when he said he wanted everybody in this country…

Thank you, Dr. Gingrey. I appreciate you yielding a few minutes. I wanted to kind of break all this down so that the American people could understand very clearly what we're talking about tonight. I've got a little poster here that shows…