Gene Taylor: “I am hard over that the next generation of cruisers should be nuclear-powered for a lot of reasons.”

May I ask the Clerk to read the amendment? It is a very short amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the amendment shall be read. There was no objection. The Clerk read the amendment.

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the hottest topic on the Mississippi gulf coast was a proposed ban on drilling 12 miles out, and that has kind of been put on hold. But anywhere from champions of industry who actually own shipyards that repair…

That is a bad deal. That is a terrible deal for the taxpayer, and quite frankly, I believe something is rotten there.

I just want to applaud the conversion of my Republican colleagues. Six years ago the Nation was breaking even on an annual basis. They came to town with a new President and in the span of 3 years added $3 trillion to the national debt…