I spoke last night in anticipation of this all-night session that was going to take place. I was not surprised at the general topics that were covered. There are probably five all together that they were stated over and over. I would like…

all night long? Well, that is going to be fun. By the way, the Oklahoma City Thunders are not playing tonight, so we may get a few more viewers. It is nice to look over and see probably the most articulate and knowledgeable of all of the…

The reason I did not use the word ``hoax'' is because then I might be guilty of advertising my book, and I certainly did not want to do that.

There are more impacts that are taking place. The greenhouse gas regulations for existing powerplants are expected to be released in June of 2014. The other regulations that are out there--and I am not going to spend any time on this…

I agree with my good friend from Louisiana that this legislation, H.R. 3521, is critical to providing the best treatment for our country's veterans, and I believe that it is the government's duty to honor the promises made to our veterans…

With the passage of this bill, there will be funding to improve and expand our VA clinics in 19 States across the United States, including Louisiana and Oklahoma. The facilities would then be able to provide the services that were promised…

when the majority leader said 1 minute ago that Congress cannot idly stand by and not do anything, I have to remind him that we have been doing so for quite some time. We have been working on the problem of sexual assault, and the reality…

I want to thank Chairman Boxer for holding this hearing, and I also want to note how deeply saddened I am by the loss of life that's been experienced at the chemical plant incidents over the last year.

China... says, 'if we launch our DF31A ICBMs over the North Pole, we can easily destroy a whole list of metropolises on the east coast.'

What I would say to all of our colleagues, and we do not like to think about this, but Russia is thinking about it, China is thinking about it, Iran is thinking about it.

Reducing the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security strategy is a U.S. objective, while Russia is pursuing new concepts and capabilities for expanding the role of nuclear weapons in its security strategy.

I think it creates a dangerous perception perhaps that either we are going to go to zero or we are not going to use the weapons if we have them and create instability and a lack of confidence in our allies around the world.