Lee Terry

I appreciate the thoughts of the gentlelady from Hawaii. Coming from Nebraska, where it's the Sand Hills and the sensitive area and the Ogallala aquifer, I want to make sure that the people in my State have the peace of mind and the…

I want to give a degree of confidence that this scenario's already been set forth. This is the environmental study, pages 3-99: maximum spill volumes. It's already been modeled out. It's already been determined. And just to provide further…

Thank you. Let me assure the gentleman from Georgia that part of the environmental impact study based on the EPA modeling inherently includes the impact of health around the communities. So I am confident that the Department of Energy and…

I yield myself the balance of my time. I hold up the United States Department of State report here. A cooperating agency in the development of the report is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The actual study was done by the…

I would like to inform the Chair and the gentlelady from Texas that we think that her amendment reflects the thoughts of the American people, and we agree with it. I yield back the balance of my time.

I strongly oppose this amendment. This is a poison pill, especially the way that this amendment is worded. Now, the reality here is when this infrastructure of the pipeline is completed to U.S. refineries that are expanding to be able to…

I think two words or two principles regarding privacy policy--one is balance and the next is transparency.

I want to thank the gentlelady from Illinois and the entire Financial Services Committee for working with us on this amendment and recognizing the tragedy and disaster that's currently occurring along the Missouri River, with my…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of title I, insert the following: Sec. --. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the…

I tried to make the case that this is basically reiterating already current duties and responsibilities of the Corps but stressing that they need to look specifically at what caused this devastating flood. I have to admit that you're…

I would like to speak. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Nebraska is recognized.

I move to strike the last word. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Nebraska is recognized for 5 minutes.

I applauded the President when he issued his Executive order creating this cost-benefit analysis and look towards creation of jobs versus elimination of jobs by regulation.

I feel that it is time that the independent agencies adopt this and that is why I have introduced H.R. 2204, the Employment Act, which will require that all major regulations include a statement of the number of jobs created, lost, or sent…

This legislation would establish a policy that jobs are important as is public health and the environment.

I share the goal set forth in the National Broadband Plan of finding all government spectrum that is currently being used inefficiently and reallocating it for commercial use.

I have during my tenure here voted twice to empower our military to take action. The first time was with Afghanistan; and the President came to the Congress and made a powerful case that it was in our national security interest to do so. I…

Since the founding of the Republic, our patent system has been based on the premise that an inventor is entitled to a patent for their work, and not simply the first person to file a patent application. Indeed, article 1, section 8, clause…

Mr. Gardner's bill addresses this country's need on energy and power. Mr. Gardner's bill prevents the government from going out of its way to stop the private sector from creating jobs. This job alone in the Chukchi Sea will create 54,000…

It is our responsibility to ensure that the process by which we allocate the lifeblood of wireless information delivery, spectrum, promotes the needs of broadband carriers while simultaneously recognizing the value of this spectrum to the…

this is an extremely important issue, and as the ranking member and the chairman both said, we need to get this to the point where the Senate can pass it and we get it to the President's desk.

The oil sands are an important product for our independence from OPEC oil, it is a major source of fuel for us.

It will create jobs in every State it goes through, including Nebraska, good, high paying union jobs.

There are really three major points to bring up here. One is Congress did not give the FCC authorization to regulate the Internet. There is no authorization. Mr. Markey had a bill. It didn't get enough support even in a…

And so those were resolved by, yes, a little bit of involvement, but the marketplace. Now the comparison to Communist China here from the gentleman is appropriate when you look at how this measure was implemented. The President campaigned…