Can't we all just get along?

I can assure you, Mr. Chairman, that most of the farmers across this Nation will disagree with that position as we have witnessed the worst year of record temperatures, drought and crop loss in modern American history.

this bill is not aimed at producing not one job for the American people or it is not aimed at moving our country's energy policy forward not even one iota, one scintilla.

To spend this much time on a bill using these resources, I hope that it is not just about symbolism.

in my 20 years in this Congress, I have never seen nor heard of anything that is so shallow, any legislation that appeared before any committee in the Congress that is so shallow, so ill-informed, so misplaced than this piece of…

This would be laughable if it was not so serious in that we are wasting precious taxpayer dollars on this shallow non-productive hearing on this bill that I guarantee you will not see the light of day.

climate change doesn't just affect your constituents in Kentucky or my constituents in Illinois. We are living in a global environment and climate change affects all of us.

Let us talk about China and the Obama administration in terms of sending checks to China.

I just cannot believe that if this bill passed, it kind of reminds me of a gag rag that we are muffling or gagging the voice of the American people as it relates to our environmental leadership.

There certainly is a tremendous rate of activity taking place, particularly in the shale resource-prone areas in the United States.

while Democrats under President Obama's leadership have put forth a truly all-of-the-above energy agenda, it appears that my Republican colleagues are once again taking their cue from one of their most influential leaders, Sarah Palin, and…

However, you testified that domestic oil production is actually the highest it has been since 1998.