What we have from the Democrat majority on energy policy is bitter change. Bitter change; $58 a barrel for crude oil to $111 per barrel of crude oil; $2.40 for a gallon of gasoline to $3.50. We have bitter change, not good change, bitter…

But I will tell you that if we don't get a handle on these energy costs, people aren't going to have the money to do the things they want to do with their families on a day-to-day basis. So we have this time tonight to talk about energy…

Friends, healthy beaches are important. We all want to benefit from them. I'd like to take my family to a beach. A lot of my constituents like to go there. But if they can't afford the gasoline in the minivan to get them to appreciate…

So we have some options. We can be here spending all day talking about healthy beaches while our businesses and industries fall further behind, fail to compete because of high energy costs. I haven't even got involved in climate change…

Democrats have voted, not once, not twice, but four times to raise energy taxes on the 110th Congress. There's a debate in the State of Illinois to lower our gas tax. Why? So the average American citizen can afford to do the job. In rural…

In California, according to the American Trucking Association, if a trucker is filling up a 300-gallon semi, that bill could top $1,200. We want to talk about competitive nature. We want manufacturing jobs in this country. Energy prices…

I would understand why you would be ashamed about talking about healthy beaches and not addressing the real concerns of America which is high energy costs. I've been on the floor numerous times, motions to recommit over the past year and a…

The very thought of this behavior made me sick. And Mark Foley should be ashamed.

I rise today again to remind my colleagues of the importance of passing a Medical Liability Reform bill on the floor of the House this week. I would like to submit for the record and read a brief section of a news story from my district…

I think a picture takes the place of a thousand words. This is what we get a chance to do with modernizing our lock and dams. We take one tow of 15 barges and we displace 870 tractor-trailer rigs on our Nation's highways. What this does is…

how do you haul corn, soybeans, fertilizer, petroleum products, coal and rock from Chicago, Illinois, to the port of New Orleans, or from the port of New Orleans up to Chicago, Illinois, without taking 870 tractor-trailer trucks over our…

I thank the gentlewoman. The pages have given to this institution and the page program. You have set a bar by which we can now challenge other page classes, and I want to thank you. Mr. Speaker, also joining us is the gentleman from…

I would like to ask the page class of 2005 to come down and take seats in the first two rows. While we are doing that, I would like to yield to my colleague and friend, the minority whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), who is on…

this always gives me an opportunity to bounce back and forth between the podiums because this is really a special time. I will get a chance to address you all tomorrow at the departure ceremony, which will be a first for me, although being…

I do not want to steal some thunder from some of the words I will mention tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening, but you know what you have been doing and you know the role you have played here and the friends you have made and the…

the ranking member of the page program is the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), who has been on the program for decades now. I will not say how many decades. And he has been a great help to me in keeping the current environment and the…

I will submit the roster of the 2005 pages for the Record at this point. Spring 2005 Pages Katy Ake--CA Paul Bennett--FL Rachel Bentley--OH Emily Berger--CA Katharine Billingslea--NC Lauren Boswell--MD Suzanne Brangan--TX Stephen Burke--NJ…

I rise today to applaud President Bush on his recent statements in support of renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. While touring a biodiesel facility in Virginia last week, President Bush stated, ``Our independence on foreign oil…

yesterday we passed the first of 10 appropriation bills by a large bipartisan majority. It was nice to see and has become somewhat of a common practice this year. The energy bill was passed by this House by a vote of 249 to 183 with 41…

I attended West Point from 1976 to 1980. The Academy was going through much change dealing with a cheating scandal and the integration of the first women at West Point. To effect change, the Army turned to a world renowned retired four…

I would like to say welcome back, Mr. President, from your historic trip to Europe. As a former military officer and a high school history teacher, I thank and appreciate the Soviet Union and the Russian people for their sacrifice in…

I always enjoy following my colleague. He is very impassioned. He is just wrong on this. The picture that the gentleman put up, he wants it offshore and wants it piped in. One of the most crazy things ever to happen to me is I am sitting…

I am a parent of a 5-year-old and I am a prude; so I guess I meet the gentleman from California's (Mr. Waxman) definition. Willfully and intentionally, the use of public airwaves for indecent material or conduct, that is what we are…

3 weeks ago, I was able to go to Amman, Jordan, with the Iraqi Women's Caucus to meet with candidates for the upcoming election. I have got a few e-mails from some of them since the election that I would like to share. One wrote: ``My…

I appreciate that. That is one of the great benefits we have. Phil, as has been said, was elected to Congress in 1969 to replace Donald Rumsfeld. He is currently the longest-serving Republican Member in the House of Representatives. Phil…