Can you report that back to the Committee, please?

One of the most powerful arguments made in the course of trying to get a fair settlement from Exxon after the Exxon Valdez spill was an economic study conducted by the State of Alaska.

it does not come from general tax revenues from our struggling families and small businesses, but from extremely profitable oil companies

Is the Service carrying out similar or better studies today for the Deepwater Horizon disaster?

the money that is used for land acquisitions through the Land and Water Conservation Fund comes from funds paid to the United States by oil companies

I hope will intensify your---- and telescope the timeframe that it will take for you to present a final plan to protect against a catastrophic event occurring because we know al-Qaeda is out there.

I thank the Chair. Mr. Chairman, we all agree that we have to do some serious work to reduce the deficit. But we need to start by first eliminating unnecessary taxpayer subsidies to big oil companies. I'm going to finish the rest of this…

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the ranking member of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).

I yield myself the remainder of the time. This amendment encapsulates this entire week. This week's debate is all about priorities: Will we stand with Big Oil or with Big Bird? With the big corporations or with the little guy? Shell Oil…

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York, the author of this amendment in 2006, Mr. Hinchey.

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 409 Offered by Mr. Price of…