I do oppose efforts to overturn the decision, Congressman Grijalva, on the Grand Canyon.

These are phantom revenues from phantom drilling that are being proposed by the Republicans in order to pay for a transportation bill.

The Majority's drilling bills may be good for the members of the American Petroleum Institute, but they are not good for the American people.

We should keep that here for our own industries, our own farmers, our own consumers.

The Majority should not be imposing a de facto natural gas tax on American agriculture, manufacturing in chemical, steel, and plastics by allowing our natural gas to be exported.

It is not the Obama Administration holding back more domestic production. It is the oil companies that are currently warehousing roughly 26 million acres offshore that hold billions of barrels of oil.

Phantom revenues from phantom drilling will not pay for a single off-ramp, will not pay for a single pothole being filled in our country.

The Majority's bill would seek to fund our transportation projects by drilling off of our beaches on the East and West Coast.

For years, the Majority has said we need to 'drill here, drill now, pay less.' But it appears the real Republican energy plan is to 'drill here, sell there, and pay more.'

It's not the Obama administration holding back more domestic production, it's the oil companies that are currently warehousing roughly 26 million acres offshore that hold billions of barrels of oil.

Madam Speaker, America's nuclear weapons budget is locked into a Cold War time machine. It doesn't reflect our 21st century security needs. It makes no sense. It is insane. It's insane to spend $10 billion building new plants to make…