Sam Brownback: “I am pleased to join you in welcoming the witnesses and members of the public.”

I have served here a period of 14 years, which has been a wonderful chance to be able to serve the people of Kansas--the people of the United States. I love this body and I love this country. A lot of folks, when they leave, talk about…

I thought the Frank Wolf act really improved on what took place in the 1998 act.

However, this report tells only one-half of the story. Actually, manufacturing payroll jobs have decreased by 660,000 since the Obama stimulus was enacted.

I want to talk about a renewable energy standard we need to have in an energy piece of legislation. I think it is one of these commonsense approaches that you can get bipartisan support built for if you do it in a sensible fashion that…