Isn't it true that the State Department's own Environmental Impact Statement included review of an alternative not to build the pipeline at all and didn't the Environmental Impact Statement conclude that building the pipeline along the…

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 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…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 4 minutes. I might say that Turkey certainly has been a valuable ally of the United States for many years. As we all know, it is the only Muslim nation in NATO. It has been a vital partner to the United States…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 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…