David Thomas: “Well, of course, in order to have summer construction, it is necessary that now the Transportation Department be able to…”

This morning we will have approximately 1 hour of debate prior to the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the Gulf of Mexico energy security bill. The vote will occur at about 10 o'clock today, and immediately following that vote we…

I would like to yield 20 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), and I ask unanimous consent that he be allowed to control the 20 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…

very briefly, no one would argue there are activities which are inherently governmental and should be performed by the Government. However, the Government should not engage in activities which are already offered in the private sector. I…

although it is unrelated to what we are doing, I wish to talk a little bit about general tax reform. The amendments are very important, and we are dealing with the issue, of course, of the minimum wage and offsetting some of those costs to…