Yesterday the United States Supreme Court upheld a Federal appeals court ruling overturning a law prohibiting private citizens from possessing handguns in the City of Chicago. This is a momentous decision, and I commend the justices for…

At its most fundamental level, the duty of Congress is to steward the tax revenue. Lately, all Congress has been doing is spending it. Through the first 8 months of the current fiscal year, the Federal Government amassed $941 billion in…

One of the most difficult challenges facing our Nation's future is providing clean, affordable, and reliable energy. The 2008 Farm Bill Energy Title provided a commitment to farm-based energy. While the intent of this agenda was to expand…

One of the most difficult challenges facing our Nation's future is providing clean, affordable, and reliable energy. Rural America has tremendous wind potential. Unfortunately, these wind energy sources lack infrastructure, including the…

This month we are celebrating World Trade Month to honor the nearly 300,000 American businesses which support millions of American jobs. International markets represent 73 percent of the world's purchasing power, 87 percent of its economic…

Despite assurances the health care bill would actually lower costs for the American people, actually things are quite different. An independent CMS report released last week concluded America will spend $311 billion more on health care…

The Third District of Nebraska is one of the largest agricultural districts in the country and is home to more than 30,000 farmers and ranchers. Yesterday, the House Ag Committee took the first step on the road leading to a new Farm Bill…

Tomorrow is Tax Day, a deadline dreaded by millions of Americans currently finishing up their tax returns. Congress owes it to the American taxpayer to act in a fiscally responsible way. Unfortunately, this Congress has not lived up to…

Today the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources is holding a hearing examining the Obama administration's policies of increasing taxes on and reducing funding for American energy production. Finding solutions to our country's…

The American people are speaking, and I think we should listen even as the House leadership again prepares to force through a partisan government takeover of health care. The bill includes hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes and…

Offshore energy development is an important step toward reducing our dependence on foreign oil, creating new jobs, and putting our economy back on track. In 2008, by ending the decades-long ban on offshore exploration, we opened 500…

Yesterday the President unveiled his $1 trillion health care bill which is nearly the same as the two previous bills which have already been rejected by the American people. The American people have rejected those bills because they raise…

Earlier this week, Congress received the White House's budget proposal. The President's budget more than doubles our national debt, drives spending to a record $3.8 trillion, pushes the deficit to an unheard of $1.6 trillion, and raises…

I have long advocated an all-of-the-above approach for America's energy policy.

In 2008, I supported a farm bill which promoted the critical, timely development of our nation's biofuels industry and confirmed Congress is serious about decreasing our dependence on foreign oil.

Advancing our nation's biofuels industry will have significant environmental benefits, promote energy independence, create jobs, and stimulate local economies across the nation at a time when our country needs it most.

It is my hope this Subcommittee can explore robust solutions to assist pork producers in these tough economic conditions.

Policies which force a decrease in production would have a devastating effect on our economy just as it struggles to recover.

I would like to work with him to try and co-sponsor something that says unless the Indians exempt themselves, that mineral valuations between non-Indian and Indian mineral royalties will be the same.

I do have serious concerns with the proposed legislation, the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534).

H.R. 3534 creates new levels of bureaucracy which inevitably will slow new American energy.

I question why the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service stopped managing the overgrowth of trees.

Today's discussion must give attention to the need for better forest management.

As higher energy prices hit other areas of our economy, farmers and ranchers will pay more for seed, equipment, steel, and other supplies.

This proposal is a national energy tax which will be passed onto the American people.