the Federal Government manages half-a-million buildings in the United States, and that speaks to a whole other challenge, which I think, frankly, is symptomatic of why Administration officials and bureaucrats can come in here and give…

It shouldn't be this complicated. I have always found it frustrating that it requires a whole bunch of people creating a whole bunch of jobs to screw in a light bulb that will save money, and that ought to be fairly self-evident.

But even in a savings to the Federal Government, do we measure the possibility that that savings will be a cost of the ratepayers not in their taxes but perhaps in their utility rates?

I think that is exactly right.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The idea that somehow this amendment creates free and fair trade is a fallacy, and the idea that somehow sugar has not been reformed in recent years and decades is also a fallacy. The greatest…

is there any chance of expediting some of that in a responsible way?

I would encourage that type of an investment where there is already proven--a proven cost-benefit.

Mr. Chairman, George Washington said: To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. Besides the United States and the United Kingdom, the rest of the world has never seriously considered entertaining the…

When the former Secretary of Energy calls for $7 gasoline, you know that is a priority.

I prefer to be energy secure next year. Not necessarily independent, but secure.

And many of the arguments they make are not relevant in today's abundance of natural resources.