I appreciate the gentleman's recognition of that and the very thorough list of examples of the incredible public service that our broadcasters do in the Northeast. Thank you very much for that. It occurs to me, Mr. Speaker, as I listen to…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, and I especially thank him for raising the football illustration, just because it is an opportunity--while he wondered if it was important in North Dakota, North Dakotans have become very accustomed to…

Great points. Thank you so much for participating. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe).

If the gentleman wouldn't mind, I would like to ask a question. I know we didn't rehearse this, but in this era of all kinds of new information technologies available and ways of getting information, streaming and cell phones and…

If the gentleman from Texas would yield, you raised an important point that I hadn't thought about that is sort of natural and obvious, and that is, if you are going to be a good local broadcaster, obviously you have to be a good local…

the absence of Congress acting on, say, cap and trade, or choosing to not pass cap and trade, should not be viewed as neutrality by the people's House, or by the people's representatives, and somehow a license, therefore, to go ahead and…

I am having a hard time knowing where to begin, because I have so many issues, but I think I will start with the Waters of the U.S. rule.

I thank the sponsor of this important legislation for yielding the time. I just have to respond to the most recent speaker, who I believe is sincere in his concerns, but we are not talking today about corporations and loopholes. We are not…

I thank the chairman. As I have been sitting here, I have to admit, my thoughts have changed back and forth. My mind has changed. My speech has changed dramatically. It occurred to me: I think my friends on the other side of the aisle are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank my friends on the other side as well on the Rules Committee. I have been before them twice now on this topic and have enjoyed it immensely. I might say as a word of encouragement with regard…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I spent several minutes articulating the details of the benefits of this bill. I am grateful to Senator Hoeven, my Senator from North Dakota, for introducing it in the Senate. I want to answer just a…

I appreciate the generosity of the gentleman from Georgia. Thank you. But all construction jobs are temporary until the construction is done and you move on to the next project. There are thousands of miles of pipeline under the ground in…

To me, it is obvious that the patchwork, the inconsistency potential, the uncertainty that would be created by self-implementation and enforcement by courts, that is a problem.

Aristotle said, ``We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.'' Mr. Speaker, this weekend, the North Dakota State University Bison football team was in Frisco, Texas, attempting to win their fourth…

I want to address the climate change issue because I think it is an important issue to a lot of people. The argument that the other side makes is based on the false idea that somehow oil sands are not going to be developed without the…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to address a couple of things. First of all, I will place in the Record letters I received from the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council and Caterpillar. January 7, 2015…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just heard a word that is almost hard to believe. We have been accused of expediting this process. Ladies and gentlemen, this is day 2,303 of this process. It is time now. It is time…

My intention this morning was to get up and try to be eloquent when talking about the ABLE Act, Achieving a Better Life Experience, which we will vote on later today, but since yesterday, I have received four emails from parents in North…

I thank Chairman Schweikert for yielding. Mr. Chairman, my colleagues and the sponsor have done a good job of describing what the bill is and what it does and why it is necessary. I want to talk a little bit about what is at stake. I think…

I thank the chairman for yielding. It seems it should be so unnecessary to have something that makes so much common sense become so historic, and yet, here, we find ourselves at a historic moment. After years of debate and accommodation…

So I want to get then to Chairman Broun's illustration and realize maybe you can't answer it from a compound standpoint, so let me ask it from a layman's standpoint.

This gets to my concern about a calming scientific approach versus a sort of hysterical approach if you want to know the truth.

But if one is a number 1 and one is a number 2, it seems that the number 1, which in this case is light crude, would be more flammable, more ignitable than the other.

Are there plans to broaden the study considering all the plays that might be out there and all the potential there might be for a lot more of this product to be moved by rail?

So I want--then I want to get to the packing group designation, which I think you speak to as well in your testimony.