This is an exciting time for energy policy and for the possibilities created by our growing domestic energy abundance.

It is an exciting time for energy policy and for the possibilities created by our domestic energy abundance.

America's energy landscape is indeed changing for the better, creating opportunities for jobs, economic growth, energy security.

The cumbersome federal approval process is out of step with where we are as an energy-producing nation today.

America's energy landscape is changing for the better, creating opportunities for jobs, economic growth, energy security, and an enhanced standing around the world.

Federal laws and regulations that are stuck in the past could devastate newfound opportunity.

The president's energy budget doubles-down on the failed policies of the last four years.

It has been over 30 years since Congress enacted the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977.

My hope is that this morning's hearing is the next step in discussing the need for reform so that we can come together in finalizing policies that improve care for our most vulnerable citizens.

Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans remain committed to modernizing the Medicaid program so that it is protected for our poorest and sickest citizens.

The program does need true reform, and we can no longer tinker around the edges with policies that add on to the bureaucratic layers that decrease access, prohibit innovation and fail to provide better health care for the poor.

Instead of allowing state and local officials the flexibility to best administer Medicaid to fit the needs of their own populations, improve care, and reduce costs, the federal government has created an extensive, 'one-size fits-all' maze…

I think it is an important exercise to be required to periodically examine that law.

Let's continue working until we have solved the problem for not only our physicians, but certainly for our seniors.

However, this legislative framework is not etched in stone. Rather, it is an opportunity for this committee to continue working closely with members and stakeholders.

I want to particularly thank Mr. Waxman and Pallone for their leadership and continued interest in exploring SGR reform.

SGR reform will be offset with a real and responsibly paid-for item when it comes to the floor of the House for a vote.

I would like to thank Ranking Members Waxman and Pallone for their leadership and continued interest in exploring SGR reform.

I want to conclude by sharing my sincere optimism that, in fact, we will achieve a bipartisan bill, one that represents the work of both sides of the aisle.

Certainly, this afternoon I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1919, the Safeguarding America's Pharmaceutical Act of 2013. I want to thank the bill's authors, including Mr. Latta, for their bipartisan leadership on this very important…

the ball is in the high-speed rail's court now, and I am hoping that they do not fumble it.

Our current relationship is it is the best it has ever been, OK?

I hope that it results in some actual routes that reflect the community's wishes and is compatible with our infrastructure.

They already know that, OK? So maybe they just do not like what they are hearing.

why do we have to replace good farm jobs with rail jobs? Why do we not have both?