Doc Hastings, I really appreciate your leadership on energy issues and natural resources issues. It has just been incredibly important to our Congress. I want to thank my colleagues for allowing me to bring this package here today because…

Thank you. I want to yield to the gentleman from Georgia. I don't know if you are a Bulldog or not, but you are in Congress. I now yield to Rob Woodall, the gentleman from Georgia.

Today the House passed a commonsense approach to make our energy more reliable and more affordable. Our vote today would create jobs and secures our energy future by making us dependent on North American resources, not OPEC, Venezuela, or…

Thank you, Mr. Bucshon. You mentioned manufacturing and how important it is to your State. The reality is also that manufacturing is reliant on affordable and reliable energy. I am the chairman of the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade…

May I interrupt you on that point because it is interesting. When I am back home--and maybe you get this--we get input from our constituents. And one of the most frequent ones is: Why don't you do the bills that you do agree on? In…

Thank you, Representative Brooks. You had mentioned something that we really haven't injected into this particular conversation, and that is the renewables. I am proud that our local power district has 30 percent of their energy produced…

I want to thank Mr. Coffman for bringing this bill. I think it is extremely important, and it directly affects the Omaha VA in-patient facility, as well as veterans all around the Midwest area. The cost overruns of the Denver, or the…

Thank you. I appreciate the support. I also thank the gentlewoman from California for her support all the way from the beginning of this bill to today's passage. It means a lot to me and to the people of Omaha and Boys Town. This bill will…

I speak today in support of Mr. Cassidy's bill--the Employee Health Care Protection Act H.R. 3522, This bill is very important to ensure employers and their employees can keep their plan--a broken promise from President Obama. Just last…

This bill is a necessary repair for our vets' damage that was caused by VA workers who were willing to allow veterans to die by denying them care, ostensibly to receive a bonus. Leave no doubt that this is a patch and that the VA requires…

At this time, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton), the full committee chair.