I will just close with this: As the gentleman from Louisiana just indicated, 30 percent of all oil and gas produced in this country comes from Louisiana shores. A quarter of all the seafood is caught in Louisiana. In Louisiana, we have…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 952, line 19, strike section 17501(b) and insert the following: (b) Limitation on…

I yield 1 minute to the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings). {time} 1730

Will the chairman assure me that together we will work with the committee to further clarify the language contained in this bill in order to ensure that the clear and precise language which protects the constitutional rights of American…

Do you agree that, as the Supreme Court has held, ``a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of our citizens''? Mr. McKEON. I do. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired. Mr…

My concern is that when the writ is suspended, the government is entirely free of judicial oversight. So do we agree that no section of the NDAA purports to suspend the writ of habeas corpus? Mr. McKEON. I agree completely.

When I talk to business owners around the country, there are two things that I hear prevent them from putting Americans back to work, and that is regulatory uncertainty and inequity in government regulations. Both the industry and the…

We can still do big things. Under this current fiscal environment we still are required to lead.

You can't turn the oil and gas industry on and off like a light switch.

I think that this is an opportunity for us to recognize that we have to increase our production and open up some additional areas.

Woman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title IV of the committee print, insert the following: SEC. 409. ABILITY FOR…

You can't turn the oil and gas industry on and off like a light switch.

Thank you, Madam Chairman. My amendment is simple. It says that if another country is fine with having an offshore supply vessel carry a certain cargo in that country's water, then Coast Guard cannot object to it. I bring this amendment…

I would hate to see that at the end of the day, and I know Mr. Feinberg wouldn't do this, wouldn't set up a system by which claimants would just drag on and on and on to a point where we get to the point where they lose their right to…

It is with great sadness that I rise today in memory of one of Louisiana's great public servants, Ms. Sydnie Mae Durand. As the parish in which I grew up lays her to rest today, it is notable to recognize that she grew up at a time when a…

This is not a divisive issue; this is a bipartisan issue. The language in H.R. 358 was in the Stupak-Pitts amendment passed in the Democrat-led House last Congress. If they supported it then, why would they not support it now? Because of…

I have a political report that the President wanted us to take legislation action on, and yet we have a scientific report that is contrary to the political report.

Isn't it impossible for the industry to have a systemic problem if each time they drill a well they do it differently?

I am concerned because I fish out of the Gulf of Mexico. We are continually going further and further offshore.

The greatest natural resource that we have in this country is not what lies beneath the waters or the soil but the men and women along the Gulf Coast.

With the free trade agreements being debated this week, some of my Democratic colleagues have been talking about our trade deficit. However, if they really want to reduce the trade deficit, they'd help me end the President's de facto…

What we need in this country is jobs.

I move to strike the last word, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Louisiana is recognized for 5 minutes.

I find it very amusing that the gentleman from Virginia and the gentleman from Washington would use an argument that we are overburdening a Federal agency when it is that side of the aisle that has a tendency to overburden and overregulate…

I had an opportunity this weekend to go home to Louisiana, which I enjoyed doing. I heard from a State senator of mine who is also a banker. He said that he had a gentleman come in his office this weekend, asking for some more money on his…