Mr. Speaker, this week, the House of Representatives is going to vote on a very important piece of legislation that should be unnecessary. Due to the President's objection--at the insistence of Hollywood and the EPA--a critical piece of…

Would it not stand to reason that since there are fewer leases, there would be fewer protests?

Thanks to my colleague from Utah. I also want to thank the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, Mr. Hastings, and the ranking member, Mr. Markey, and especially thank the chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals, Mr…

This is a matter of national security, not just economic security.

I think in situ process is interesting. It has become better and better and it always will be.

I think to talk about it as though there would never be a spill would be inaccurate, but I think it is also to talk about as though a spill is somehow going to ruin the world is also inaccurate.

I have nothing, Mr. Chairman, but would yield my time to the Chair, if he needs it.

Madam Speaker, just under 3 years ago, a 2-year-old little boy in Bismarck, North Dakota, watched for half an hour while his stepfather beat his mother to death. Today, that little boy is my 5-year-old son. Kris and I were blessed, and are…

Thank you to my colleague from Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, I dropped in the hopper my first bill as a Member of the United States House of Representatives. And while it's a simple bill, it's a big day for me. It's a bill that simply…

we are in North Dakota, again, speaking for my constituents who are very interested in this topic because we are a big aviation state.

we need everybody rowing in the same direction on this issue since it is so complex.