I think it is absolutely preposterous, the Department of Homeland Security, the way they are acting on this.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, when a patient is bleeding to death on an operating table, we as doctors do everything that we can to save that patient's life. We don't just walk away, and we certainly don't call it…

I hope so. We have seen all those e-mails, but several relating to the state of the unlined computer code haven't received as much attention.

The United States is the only nation on earth that forbids development of its own god given natural resources.

The Department of Energy was founded during the Carter Administration as we all know to make us energy independent. It has been a dismal failure in that charge.

I believe very firmly that if a nation cannot feed itself, cannot clothe itself, and is not energy independent, it is not a secure nation.

Energy is the live blood of the American economy.

These skyrocketing gas prices, and a risky dependence on fuel supplied by volatile foreign nations such as Libya, highlight our need for an American energy policy that emphasizes production and decreases our reliance upon foreign oil.

I think it is absolutely critical that we as a Nation focus upon doing exactly what I was taught in the United States Marine Corps, to know your enemy.

I think political correctness is also an enemy of us focusing upon those who want to destroy this country.

So then you have testified incorrectly. You do not uphold those property rights that the Secretary said should be held inviolate?

I think your proposal of buying more property is totally irresponsible, and I am totally against that.

What is the authority for the Federal Government to designate lands as wild lands, and is this an effort by this Administration to circumvent Congress' sole authority to designate lands as wilderness?

As the Director of BLM, do you and your agency intend to protect the private property rights of those who hold Federal oil and gas leases that have been signed and issued?

Sir, both cannot be true. Which is factual? You made two statements that are totally contradictory.

Well, the Secretary said that people have a property right, and that the government should uphold those leases.

I believe that we need to start selling trees. We need to start selling properties and not acquiring more.

Then you are not going to recognize the private property rights of those lessors.

Sir, my time has run out, but you do not have the authority to create a new land category, and you are trying to circumvent what this Congress and only Congress has the authority to do. You need to stop it, sir.

Sir, most of the American public think that we need to cut spending of the Federal Government.

Do you agree that it is important for the government to stand behind its contracts with private individuals and companies?

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