the EPA might try to give the impression that there are no federal regulations and they need to step in

Here we are on New Year's Eve working to avoid this latest fiscal cliff. Of course, if you wonder why we're here, just look at the fact that we shouldn't have to be here. Back on August 1, this House, with a bipartisan vote, passed a bill…

I want to thank the gentlelady from Tennessee for her leadership and for hosting not only this hour, but for being so passionate about the need to control spending and to get our economy back on track. I know she was on one of the Sunday…

I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee again for yielding and the gentlelady from New York for pointing those important facts out, because if you look at an important point that was just brought up, under ObamaCare, there were more than 20…

$15 billion is right now estimated to be raised that would go towards paying down the debt.

I want to thank the gentlelady from Tennessee for yielding and for her leadership on this issue. As has been noted, right now, in Dubai, an arm of the United Nations is considering trying to take international control over parts of the…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding and for bringing this legislation to the floor. The Buffett Rule Act that we're debating now will set up a process where citizens all across the country, rich, poor, whatever their income…

He is bragging about something he doesn't create.

I appreciate you having this hearing. I know as we have done this work on the task force over the last few months...

Production is lower on Federal lands, and that is not disputed by his own Energy Information Administration.

It is clearly a goal that we can achieve, but it is also clearly a goal that can't be achieved under the current policies of President Obama.

I strongly disagree with that conclusion by the National Research Council.