These are well-considered, deregulatory reforms--the type of intelligent reforms that Congress should think about during the #CommActUpdate.

We want to work to reauthorize STELA.

Put simply, the Chemicals in Commerce Act is in fact a jobs bill.

It is important to remember that this is not the venue for comprehensive reform.

More than a million and a half satellite TV subscribers rely on the provisions of STELA that expire at the end of the year.

We need to do all that we can to promote America's manufacturing sector and create the jobs that we want.

We need to work in a bipartisan basis. And my prediction is we can get to the finish line.

Today is an important milestone in our efforts to modernize current law regulating the management of U.S. chemicals.

This bill will help create those jobs not only in plants that manufacture chemicals but also in plants that use them to make cars, computer chips, and thousands of other goods.

I strongly support this draft, and encourage others to do so as well.

I strongly support this draft and encourage others to do so as well.

The Obama administration has been more of a hindrance than a help, both on energy production and energy infrastructure.

North America's growing oil and natural gas abundance is easily the best energy news we've had in decades.

Today, we are going to continue our pursuit of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, taking up legislation to address the EPA's pending greenhouse gas rules for power plants, which is the latest threat by the Obama administration to…

Today, we continue our pursuit of a true all- of-the-above energy policy as the House considers H.R. 2126, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act. I am very pleased that this bill combines four individual bipartisan proposals developed by…

The financial sustainability of Medicare is under serious threat, putting the access to and quality of care for current and future seniors in jeopardy.

We must safeguard every Medicare dollar to keep the promise of quality health care to our nation's seniors and future generations.

On rollcall No. 86 on the Cummings amendment on H.R. 899, I am not recorded because I was absent due to illness. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' On rollcall No. 87 on the Connolly amendment on H.R. 899, I am not recorded…

On rollcall No. 71 on the Rothfus amendment on H.R. 2804, I am not recorded because I was absent due to illness. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' On rollcall No. 72 on the Connolly amendment on H.R. 2804, I am not recorded…

The recent data thefts of consumer information at well known companies are a reminder of the challenges that we certainly face today in a digital-connected economy.

Americans deserve to have the peace of mind that the government, law enforcement officials, and private industry are doing everything necessary to protect the public from future breaches.

I have every confidence in you, Mr. Shimkus, to chart a successful course to get this job done.

The foundation of that confidence should be information.

We want to develop a system for chemical regulation that is the gold standard for the world.

For sure we want to develop a system for chemical regulation that is the gold standard for the rest of the world.