Steven Horsford

Oil and gas has a whole lot of exemptions and loopholes that have been built into those subsidies over the 90 years.

The problem of invasive species is a significant one, costing billions of dollars per year.

Is it perfect? No. Does this Congress need to do its job to make the necessary adjustments? Yes.

It is time for us as Congress to do our jobs in implementing it and moving forward.

If it goes wrong, they are going to blame us.

They just want Congress to stop playing games and to figure out ways to make the law work better.

I hope that all of us as Members of Congress and citizens of the most powerful country on Earth will listen and act as Americans; not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans.

On consideration H.R. 2609, I am not recorded because I was absent due to medically mandated recovery. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on final passage of the bill rollcall No. 345, ``aye'' on the Titus Amendment of the bill…

I am really pleased that after nearly 6 months as a member of this committee, as a freshman, that we're finally starting to talk about the government reform aspects of this committee's charge.

I hope that we can be as inclusive as possible with your proposed legislation and take some of these other provisions into account.

Because when you follow the money, you see where there can be efficiencies identified and implemented.

This is actually a very important hearing, and I want to commend you, Mr. Chairman, and the ranking member.

We can't drill our way to cheap gas prices and energy independence.

Royalties collected from offshore drilling in Federal waters should be returned to the rightful resource owner, the Federal taxpayer.

I support economic growth and smart energy development, but my experience from Nevada is that we must work with local communities when changing Federal policy.

Unless Congress changes the law, that's the standard, and that's what the agency should be held to.

So therefore it's out of compliance with Federal law.

It's not the destination that's the problem, it's the internal failure to spend appropriately.

I don't believe that Anaheim or places like Las Vegas should be singled out... that somehow these places should be targeted.

I hope under your leadership we can take a step back, look at the whole of the agency, look where we need to strategically reform.

The fact that the IRS is now demonstrating a pattern of, in your own words, management failures to meet the very standards that they hold the public, businesses, and nonprofits to is very troubling and, frankly, unacceptable.

I would note that while people may not agree, RFS is the law and it was a law that many Republicans and former President George Bush implemented.

But specifically and monetarily what have you done, what have your companies done?

I thank my friend and co-anchor and those who have listened for the last hour. Thank you for joining the conversation at #CBCTalks, and we are going to continue this conversation because 46 million people in our country live in poverty; 16…

I thank, again, my good friend from New York, Mr. Jeffries. I just want to ask you, the proposal by the CBC which supports a 10-20-30 policy for Federal spending, how do you feel this would improve outcomes, address prioritizing of…