Ed Whitfield

I don't see that they are in much of a different position than Warren Buffett is except they are on different sides of the issue perhaps.

the message that the President's denial of this permit sent the world is that the far left of the environmental community is now in charge of our energy and foreign policy.

President Obama made a decision that we think is the wrong decision.

Let me tell you something. If you want to talk about that, let us talk about the millions of dollars that the Obama administration gave companies like Solyndra, to people like George Kaiser, who is out there bundling money for the…

If we are going to go to the extreme lengths of legislating the construction of an environmentally-destructive pipeline to benefit a Canadian company, we should at least be sure that we in the United States can realize the energy security…

Today's hearing gives us the opportunity to learn why the Obama administration denied a permit to build the Keystone pipeline from Canada though parts of the United States.

The President's own State Department determined that the pipeline would have no significant impact on the environment.

He has hurt our relationships and hurt our national security with a political decision.

This bill just turns the United States into a middleman in a multi-national oil deal between Canada, South America, Europe, or China.

I believe that I would rather be dependent on Mexico and Canada than Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Well, Ms. Jones, reading directly from the Federal Environmental Impact Statement, it says, 'As a result of these considerations, the Department of State does not regard the no action alternative, that is, not to build the pipeline, we do…

I cannot believe that anyone on this committee would have their decision on whether or not to vote for this piece of legislation turn on whether Koch Industries or any other private company benefited or was harmed by this.

Now we are letting Canada drill here, ship here, and re-export so all we have to do is pay more, both in terms of money at the gas pump and costs to the environment.

I see this proposal as leading us to being more able to complete our work.

I urge all of my colleagues to reject the siren song of biennial budgeting and redouble their efforts to address the underlying causes of our long-term fiscal challenges.

While the White House says we are on the road to economic recovery, families in my District... are still struggling.

I would say that in 1974 when Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act... Congress has met the deadline for completion of a budget resolution only six times.

I have read H. Res. 306. Certainly, there is nothing in the language of this resolution that very many people would oppose. It basically says that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State, in all official…

In conclusion, I would just say and reiterate once again that, in the 13th Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, the U.S. Department of State also underscored Turkey's recent efforts during the reporting period, the government…

I may make one other comment about Turkey. We all know that with the Arab Spring and the movement toward more free governments in the Middle East, that Prime Minister Erdogan has been one of the real leaders. He has spoken up against…

I would be happy to yield. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 2 minutes

I might also say that in order to ensure the future viability of the Orthodox Church, the appointment of non-Turkish citizen metropolitans to the Patriarchate's Holy Synod have been explicitly permitted in Turkey since 2004. Furthermore…

I have been told that we have no further speakers; so if the gentleman from California would like to close, then I would follow him.

American farmers, ranchers and other rural businesses, like many other sectors of this economy, have faced an onslaught of EPA regulations--regulations that are costly and that make it more difficult to create jobs in America at a time…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Pompeo), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.