Steve Scalise

Just using the logic of the President if he is going to try to take claim for production today that was authorized, explored years ago, I guess, in a few years, that means that a future President is going to have a big reduction in…

The actions that this President has taken to create this crisis is even more devastating along the Gulf Coast.

American's are fed up with paying high gas prices at the pump.

I would hope you wouldn't think that it is the entire industry that is at fault.

I think it is inaccurate for them to say it is systemic.

I wanted to ask you about a comment you had referring to use it or lose it provisions in leases.

You are going to strive to increase our American energy security when, in fact, you have got the President initiating policies that close off more areas of our known resources?

It seems like this administration has shifted policies away from energy exploration in America.

I thank my good friend from Missouri. When we talk about feared and loved, I'm not sure where we fit in, but I do think it's important----

It's such an honor to be able to pay tribute to Ronald Reagan here on the House floor, especially remembering his 100th birthday. It was special about a week and a half ago to be in the gentleman from California's district, going to the…

That was in the 30-day safety report that came out.

So you just take their word for it if they say it won't have $100 million impact?

It has cost up to 12,000 jobs that our economy has lost because of that action.

Prevention of discrimination against people with preexisting conditions was something we presented last year. It is something that's going to be one of the hallmarks of our replace bill. I hope the gentlelady supports us in preventing…

I think yesterday was so exciting to see not only the gavel ceremoniously passed from Nancy Pelosi to now Speaker Boehner, but also that these principles that are in the Constitution be restored to the people. This is the people's House…

I rise in strong support of the Preserving Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act... We do not want, and we cannot allow, for these foreign criminal organizations... to be able to shield those assets from the law... It is critical that we get…

Well, and I appreciate that they're going to take the administration at their word, but it's not our job to take the administration at their word when there are real documents that are out there that they haven't released yet.

Well, that's at the heart of the question. Because when the 30-day report came out by the president's scientific experts, the report's final conclusion led people to believe that it was the scientists themselves who recommended the…

I want to see is the administration come clean. Because Anderson, the administration has acknowledged over 12,000 people have lost their jobs due to this moratorium.

Well, no, and in fact the inspector general's report confirms that the decision to impose this drilling moratorium was based on manipulated data by the administration.

We don't have right now a real commitment on Category 5 flood protection.

I share the sentiments of Senator Landrieu that at least 80 percent of the disaster penalties be dedicated to coastal restoration efforts.

Of course Speaker Pelosi earlier today, during the debate, she actually said that unemployment creates jobs. Now, the logic of that I don't think anybody can understand, but that's what her statement was.

It is very sad that it is a vacuum of leadership, because the law is clear that, under the Oil Pollution Act, when there is a spill, the President is responsible for directing the recovery, and the responsible party, in this case BP, is…

Yes. I don't know whether the people in D.C. didn't know what their Federal agents on the ground in south Louisiana knew what they were doing, but it's happening every single day. It seems like we have problems like this every day, so you…