I thought Congress, that we get called some bad names, but today I have heard rats, terrorists, criminals, and now we have added arsonists and protectionists to the list.

I will switch off of that. I am sure some other Members may cover it.

As a resident of Louisiana, the sportsman's paradise, I'm a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. However, I do not subscribe to the belief that Congress has no role in responding to the gun violence epidemic plaguing communities like…

What I don't want people to take away from this hearing is that all of a sudden we forgot about the tired and the poor.

Diversity adds something to this country, and we should never forget it.

I think it has to be a comprehensive approach, or we will never get to the hard part.

I'm from New Orleans, and we weren't affected by Sandy. But we were great beneficiaries of this body coming together after Katrina and Rita to help us in a time of our greatest need. And it's appalling that this House can't come together…

I thank the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands for yielding and commend her on her passion as a physician and someone who has taken an oath to preserve life and to make sure that people can live out their years in a meaningful way and die…

the management is increasingly frustrating not only in my home airport, but at other airports also.

I am evolving on privatizing of TSA, because I just am getting increasingly frustrated with the incompetency of the checkpoints.

Thank you, Senator Landrieu, and thank you, Senator Vitter.

Unfortunately, it stalled in the Senate and did not become law.

the private sector has the responsibility, as has been stated by Congressman Franks, for securing the grid from electromagnetic events and cyber attacks.

Thank you, again, Congressman Franks, for your vigilance.

It is our hope that during the next Congress, we will get this bill through both houses and to the President's desk.

I know that it is termed a 1-in-100-year event. But I am from New Orleans, where we get 1-in-100-year events.

I noticed that in the District of Columbia, the line now was substantially larger.

Do we have a good take on who has and who does not have----

I think one thing that helps is when people know that you won't tolerate incompetence, laziness, or whatever the matter.

I do think that any entity can run a little leaner and smarter to reduce costs.

Thank you to my colleague from Louisiana. We have the great honor and awesome responsibility of representing the coast of Louisiana. Mr. Chairman, the coast of Louisiana, since 1950, has sent to the American Treasury almost $150 billion…

For consumers, this gives them information they can use to make informed decisions.

Well, we certainly have an interest in formaldehyde considering the tens of thousands of trailers that contain formaldehyde that our people in Louisiana lived in after the storm.

Given these concerns there is a need to examine the report and how it is prepared.

The report now identifies 240 substances that are either known or are likely human carcinogens.