I appreciate the opportunity to present this amendment that deals with the Corps of Engineers' new program that was put in place 2 years ago, specifically in the New Orleans district, called the Modified Charleston Method. The Corps…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. ___. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The way that this amendment is drafted actually would apply nationwide. This would move $2 million out of that administrative account in the Department of Energy, move it into the overall Corps…

the IRS serves as a poster child for what happens when a federal agency thinks that they are no longer accountable to the American taxpayer.

I am glad that we are having a hearing on FCC process reform.

the IP Commission report that Senator Gorton was part of, and really helped lead, estimates a $300 billion a year lost in our economy, and over 2 million jobs.

There has been a lot of attempts over the last few years to try to move legislation through Congress to address this in different ways.

I want to thank the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) for yielding and for bringing this amendment. I think it's important to point out that this was an arbitrary cap that was put in place based on problems that were really created in…

We've had reports that HHS Secretary Sebelius has been soliciting funds from private companies to go and promote the President's health care law. In fact, there's a committee in Congress that's investigating these reports and how it would…

consumers have been demanding this freeing up of spectrum because of the speed of which the devices...

the timeframe is not moving fast enough.

I am a strong supporter of repeal of the renewable fuel standard; I cosponsored legislation to do that.