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

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

The permits are not being approved.

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

How does that help us?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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…

I thank the gentleman from the great State of Michigan for yielding. I rise, obviously, in support of this conference report. It's not perfect, but it is certainly the right thing to do now. Our economy is still struggling big time…

I thank you, my friend from Michigan, chairman of Ways and Means. Let's face it, Mr. Speaker, people across the country are not very happy, and they are, frankly, so tired of Washington games. They know that we have a divided government…

May I inquire of the Chair how much time is available on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton) has 13 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 19 minutes remaining. The gentleman…

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).

May I inquire again on the time? I think we're a couple of minutes ahead. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton) has 9 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 16\3/ 4\ minutes remaining. The…

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

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

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.