Christopher John

I adamantly oppose the practice of illegal waterfowl baiting. It is in the best interest of sportsmen, farmers and conservationists to maintain and support a healthy population of our Nation's waterfowl all across the Nation. At the same…

I rise today, and I am very proud and excited about where we are going to go in the next 6 or 7 hours. I want to commend the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) and the Committee on Rules for making a fair rule, a rule that has made in…

There is bipartisan, bicameral, universal support for a marriage penalty tax deduction or tax decrease. The President has it in his budget, the Democrats have it in their recommittal substitute that we will see tomorrow, the Republicans…

After more than a decade, it is time for the federal government to settle this outstanding obligation and, at the same time, protect the rights of my home State.

Why would we encourage the construction and operation of more oil and gas wells in U.S. waters than are necessary?

It is important to note that during the 4-year period of study, the federal lessee continued to drain the sacred reservoir and actually continued to drain the field until the Federal wells ceased producing in 1998.

In short, my State is knowingly leaving money on the table in order to make a good faith effort to resolve this issue.

Unfortunately, this authorization has never been satisfied and my home state has lost literally millions of dollars as a result.

The State of Louisiana and the Federal Government have a long history of working together to develop our abundant natural resources in a cooperative manner that protects our unique habitat and spurs economic development.

I believe, as you have heard over the last hour, that there is nothing more important that we can leave the next generations of Americans than paying off the debt that we have strapped them with in today's economy, and we do that starting…

I beg of my colleagues to end this sad chapter in America. We have damaged the fiber of our representative democracy. We are tearing down the greatest country in the world by the deliberations here and over the past few months. I plead of…