I thank the ranking member and my neighbor for yielding the time and for his leadership on this very important issue that supports the sugar farmers of the Red River Valley of the north, and I am very pleased to confirm that there is, in…

I thank the chairman for yielding the time and for his long-suffering and persistent leadership on this important issue. I rise to ask my colleagues to please oppose efforts in this House to punish success and vote ``no'' on the Ryan…

I can tell you that in North Dakota, where I was once a coal regulator, the Democrat and Republican members of our delegation are united as well, and all refer to it as a war on coal.

I don't know that it is so dishonest; well, personally, I think it is very honest to refer to it as a war on coal.

The Democrats who run this town seem to be in denial about the unworkability of this health care law. The President has said it's worked exactly the way it's supposed to, and Harry Reid has even said it's wonderful. If it's so wonderful…

I don't question the sincerity of our Democrat colleagues' desire to feed the truly needy; I share in that commitment. But, Madam Speaker, I do resent the idea that somehow asking able-bodied adults without dependent children to at least…

I thank my colleague and friend from Ohio for leading this important discussion on this very important and somewhat scary week. Mr. Speaker, I love the opportunity to tell the story of North Dakota. You know, a lot of people think of North…

In North Dakota, we do not have a lot of sage grouse. We have some, and they continue to increase about 15 percent per year.

I totally agree with you. You may or may not be aware that this administration finalized a rule ignoring that.

Should litigants have to have a direct personal interest in the outcome of a lawsuit before they can engage in it?

the issue of consent decrees becoming law by virtue of liberal organizations suing a liberal administration and coming to a settlement in a liberal judge's chambers is very concerning to me.

You would be hard pressed to find anybody in Washington that loves the West more than the people who have chosen to make it their home.

Mr. Chairman, I know that the record will open for 10 more days.

The sage grouse is endangered in 11 States covering 260,000 square miles.

The spotted owl has caused a decline in timber harvests on Federal lands in Oregon, Washington, and California by a factor of 90 percent.

I think in many respects we debate the rule or the proposed rule or the perhaps not proposed rule as though the intention is really to have a certain rule.

the development of oil and gas is important for our energy security and high standard of living, not just in North Dakota, but the entire Nation.

I thank my colleague and neighbor from South Dakota for authoring and offering this amendment, which I support and urge my colleagues to support. It really re-prioritizes the spending and the good work that the Appropriations Committee has…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership today and his leadership on this important legislation coming out of the Natural Resources Committee. I would like to speak specifically to some more economic opportunity as illustrated from my home…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and I appreciate his raising the point of the war on coal and talking about the economic benefits of coal in Pennsylvania. I don't know if anybody noticed, but deep in that 21-page declaration of…

I think that is exactly right.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the opportunity for the next hour to bring to the attention of the House of Representatives and to the American people some very important issues pertaining to America's potential to be energy secure. This is an…

Thank you for sharing that, and for the invitation. I very much appreciate your referencing the cost of energy. Affordable energy, after all, really is a driving factor in many other investment decisions and job opportunities. And I think…

Thank you so much. Thanks for your stories. I think they illustrate so beautifully the importance of an all-of-the-above energy policy that keeps prices rolling. You know, one of the things I thought about as you were talking about jobs…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the gentleman from Kentucky's speaking to the issue of coal, because like oil and gas, coal is also important to North Dakota. It's an industry that's been around for decades. In fact, we really learned…