Are you committing to us that the Administration will once again begin to lease in the Gulf of Mexico?

We need an energy policy rooted in science which actually accomplishes worthy goals, not something that sounds like you really care and gets awards from activist groups, but puts hardworking Americans out of work.

Everything I am touching right now is a synthetic made from an oil or gas product, the plastic, the synthetics, the carpet that we are sitting upon.

producing oil and gas out of the Gulf of Mexico for the United States has the lowest greenhouse gas emission profile per unit of energy.

If you are speaking of the American public, there are 250,000 workers, some of them earning $100,000 without a college degree...

if you are producing oil and gas out of the Gulf of Mexico, it has the lowest greenhouse gas emission profile per unit of energy.

It is a false choice between environmental stewardship and energy development.

Eliminating U.S. production does not reduce global demand.

Several things. First, it has been brought to my attention that, per federal law, any revenue derived from GOMESA that distributes to the four states in the Gulf has to be used for hurricane protection or to mitigate damages caused by oil…

Should the African-American mamas who choose to send their children to that charter school have the right to send their children to a charter school which addresses their children's dyslexia, or, no, should they be stuck in a school which…

But when they shut down--that is the other nice thing about them. If they fail, they close.

The American people are incredibly frustrated. And, as Senator Collins said, they are beginning to disregard what you say that is true.

You have got to realize. You have got to be more real time.

I know from passports, the material being used was so sensitive it could not leave the office.

I cannot help but note that when the President revoked the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, an Obama Administration State Department report said, revoking such a permit would actually increase global greenhouse gas…

Some folks on the other side of the aisle want to supersede state laws along the lines of right to work.

Whenever you ask a chair to take on more jurisdiction, I find it is very receptive.

I worked with Senator Chris Murphy back in 2016 on our Mental Health Reform bill.

Conservatives believe in allowing the American people to keep their own resources and to make the decisions that are best for them.

What we have seen is because of incredible influence by teachers unions, public schools are closed for in-person instruction.

I don't ever see a place where the Government's involvement, the Federal Government's involvement actually decreases cost.

Using terms like 'tax cheaters' seems to prove what Professor Hoopes said, that we use rhetoric in order to shade the argument.

Thank you, Madam Chair and Mr. Ranking Member, for having this hearing.

My Republican colleagues and I propose providing predictability to taxpayers by locking in the current individual tax policies on a permanent basis.

We will not tax our way to prosperity.