if we don't get a handle on our mandatory spending programs, they will end up consuming the small blue portion, which is our discretionary budget.

For the last few years, Ukraine has been working towards the signing of an association agreement with the European Union to increase economic and political ties with the bloc and to solidify democratic values and principles. The…

the importance of this debate for rural America is, there is nowhere else to go.

I have been watching the live feed online of the protest in Kiev, and I would like to encourage Ukrainians to stand firm and continue to voice their opinions. I also call upon the Ukrainian Government to respect the Ukrainians' right to…

I can't imagine what she must be thinking about the fact that we spent $14 or $15 billion on Yucca Mountain and it is still not open.

I question why it took so long and why some key budget and schedule information is still missing.

I think it is vitally important that you all do adequate travel, because I think the expertise that we have in the U.S. on nuclear issues and nuclear safety is better than any place else in the world.

We are holding this hearing today to conduct oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to consider H.R. 3132, Chairman Terry's bill: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reorganization Plan Codification and Complements Act.

Going forward, I will work with Chairmen Upton and Whitfield to bring greater scrutiny of the NRC's abilities to manage its workload and to make decisions in a timely fashion.

I understand you spoke last week to a conference in Japan where you indicated, and I quote, 'We have no ultimate plan for spent fuel disposition.'

shame on us if we have rolling blackouts in the Midwest in 2016.

these LNG exports are critical to our NATO allies, Poland, Lithuania, who want to stop the extortion by Russia.

we cannot go down that route.

the citizens of southern Illinois are getting no benefit from this line. It is just a pass-through.

Having that as part of the record, how can we say Medicare is strengthened?

I, like myself, another member, a handful of staffers went down to make sure we were enrolled in our new healthcare plan because we couldn't get confirmation.

I am getting comments from constituents in my district who Medicare Advantage folks now their benefits are being reduced.

I am finding out like everybody else is, I have less coverage at higher cost, and the real concern is, and exhibited by my constituents on Medicare Advantage, we are going to see the same thing occur in Medicare Advantage.

I applaud my colleague and fellow subcommittee chairman on Energy and Commerce for helping bringing H.R. 1900 to the floor. This legislation will help ensure that the key elements of our critical infrastructure will be improved and…

I want to take this time to talk about some European issues, especially in eastern Europe. First, I want to talk about the country of Belarus. Three years after the brutal and bloody crackdown on peaceful demonstrators after the December…

On October 27, I was honored to observe the recent presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia in which Giorgi Margvelashvili was elected. It was characterized by the International Republican Institute as ``calm and . . . with a…

My job is really to stall for Mr. Whitfield to get here, but since--that is a joke, so.

I applaud the calling of this hearing and I, too, want to mention Congressman Blackburn and her bill.

the real way to solve sequestration is understand debt, deficits, and our entitlement programs, and get those reforms.

I would like to share two stories with you. I have a 30-year-old self-employed farmer. He had a major medical plan with a $2,500 deductible and paid 80 percent. He paid $122.17 a month. This plan was canceled. To get a plan now with a…