One of the key assertions in this report is that the stimulus somehow destroyed a million jobs.

I honor the chairman's service, and I know of his dedication to our country. What I'm pointing out is that I think it's time we have the discussion about the role that the CIA had in Libya, which was really no secret, and the fact that…

I thank my friend from Maryland. Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of the dedicated public servants of our intelligence community. Their work to ensure national security is to be commended. However, I must oppose the Intelligence…

Tonight I wish to speak to this Congress and to my fellow Americans about international policy and its relationship to the domestic economy. I will advocate a new direction America must take in the world so that we can meet the needs of…

As Congress struggles to come up with this deal over government debt, we all know that all we have to do is raise the debt ceiling and that the chaos the country is being thrown into is not necessary. Simple: raise the debt ceiling…

Here is how we can take a couple steps back from the brink of a default. First, raise the debt ceiling until December 31, 2012, without its being contingent on cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, or increases in taxes, or cuts…

Here's what we should do to avoid default: increase the debt ceiling with no strings attached. Here's how to get out of debt: end the wars, save $1 trillion in 10 years; repeal tax cuts to the wealthy, save another $1 trillion; Medicare…

How much time remains? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. LaTourette). The gentleman from Ohio has 30 seconds remaining.

Americans are turning to the Federal Government for relief from high gas prices. However, approval of the Keystone XL pipeline will lead to exactly the opposite result; it will actually raise gas prices--principally in the Midwest. In…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

The bottom line is the people whose jobs depend on their being right, and a company with billions of dollars at stake, all concluded that increases in price of gas will especially hit the Midwest as a result of this pipeline. These aren't…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, after line 23, insert the following new subsection: (e) Manipulation of Oil Markets.--The President…

Will those plants stay closed?

One proposed rule on mercury and air toxics alone would be estimated to save as many as 17,000 lives every year.

the protection of clean air and clean water, on which we depend every single day.

Our own State of Ohio will gain as many as 76,240 jobs to build the capacity to implement the new regulations in the first 5 years.

I think it is fair to say that the utility industry is hysterical with claims that the new EPA regulations are job killing.

What we have put forward is a simple statute that would prohibit gun trafficking in illegal guns to people who want to use them for illegal purposes.

I respect the right to own legal guns for self-defense, for other reasons, but I do not support illegal guns that are fueling drug wars and putting lives at risk.

Sir, if this legislation became law, what impact would it have on EPA's ability to fulfill its mandate under the Clean Air Act and implement the air pollution rules covering pollution from power plants?

This bill proposes to wait another 6 years before we limit toxic mercury from some power plants as well as delaying limits on a host of other dangerous pollutants, is that not correct?

Isn't there a disproportionate impact on communities near plants that emit mercury pollution?

Mr. Kucinich. Well, why don't you obtain the information and get back to this subcommittee so that we can make an evaluation of their claim?

That $128 million--or billion ends up a payment that people make with their health. And in a sense, it is a transfer of wealth to the utilities. That is just not fair. It just isn't. And it is manifestly unjust. I find it morally offensive.

My concern with that is that the environmentalists, rather than EPA and the appropriate branches of government, are establishing our environmental policy.