Pat Ryan actually said...

The fact is, energy is critical to our economy. We can't get out of this fiscal mess without economic growth.

This type of inequity for the families of a loved one who perished while serving their country is wrong and needs to be corrected and fixed.

Are you aware of a bill I authored with Rep. Jason Chaffetz--H.R. 1770--that would provide the necessary legislative fix for this inequity?

Unless this bill passes the Congress in the context of an overall budget framework, meaning one that supports the president's plan to increa...