Fred Upton

I am highly skeptical of Congress' or government regulators' ability to keep up with the innovative and vibrant pace of the Internet without breaking it.

Privacy is not a new topic for Congress.

I proudly serve on the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force and encourage bipartisan support for TBI research and rehabilitation.

It is incumbent upon us to examine these activities so that they can work in a coordinated and efficient manner.

How does that help us?

I learned literally in the last few minutes that apparently President Obama is personally weighing in on Members of the Senate to vote no on the Keystone Pipeline amendment.

We are turning our back on independence from the rest of the world.

The permits are not being approved.

Well, he twice rejected the Keystone Pipeline project and the job creation and secure energy supplies that it would deliver.

The goal was to decrease dependency on oil--a long-term goal for sure--which means we are not necessarily focused on reducing prices for families and small businesses that are struggling today.

Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.

The President's approach has not changed since he took office in January of 2009.

None of America's pain at the pump should be self-inflicted, which is why we need to do more to increase domestic and North American oil supply.

Rarely has the contrast between a real solution and a gimmick been more clear than this pipeline and SPR.

American people also know that when it comes to Keystone XL pipeline expansion, they would allow more Canadian oil to reach the American market is a good thing.

I want to recognize my good friend and chairman of the Communications and Telecommunications Subcommittee, both Greg Walden and Anna Eshoo from California, for their tireless efforts to push this bill across the finish line. No qualified…

At this point I will yield 1 of my 2 remaining minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner).

At this point, I will yield 2 minutes to the chairman of the Communications Subcommittee, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden).

The longer the project has been delayed, the louder the advocates and detractors have become.

For months, the White House assured us a final decision on Keystone XL pipeline would come by the end of 2011.

The truth is that DOE staff did predict this.

The number of red flags about Solyndra that were raised along the way, many from within DOE, and either ignored or minimized by senior officials is astonishing.

The central focus of the investigation is to understand why DOE did and what it did and how we find ourselves with this taxpayer-funded debacle.

Today's hearing looks at a source of major concern to the ag sector and rural America, which is EPA's regulation of coarse particulate matter, otherwise known as dust.

Eight months ago, we asked Secretary Chu to turn over all documents containing communications between the Department of Energy and the Department of Treasury related to Solyndra.