Since all they want to talk about on the other side is global warming, it is kind of interesting.

They desperately need him over there. They are understaffed.

We have had 8 years of an Administration that does not want fossil fuels, coal, oil, and gas, and does not want nuclear.

I appreciate that very much. My time has expired.

First of all, right now I don't think I will ask any questions of Andrew Wheeler since he worked with me and for me for 14 years.

I have to say there is no one in this room right now, or no one at this table, who knows Andrew Wheeler better and loves him more than I do.

If well over 80 percent of the energy it takes to run America is either fossil fuels or nuclear, and you extract that from all of the above, how do you run the machine called America?

I am not the first guy to stand up here and make this observation, but I have serious concerns with how the nominee confirmation process has been going in this Congress. There is a blatant lack of respect for the Senate nomination process…

I am pleased to introduce the real Jim Bridenstine, a friend, a colleague, a fellow pilot, and a resident of our city of Tulsa.

I support him because I believe he is going to be the very best Administrator that we will have.

Finding another Webb is no easy task. The President considered several excellent candidates, some of whom we personally admire. But in the spirit of Webb's leadership, U.S. Representative Jim Bridenstine is the President's nominee and we…

I really believe, and I have heard in statements even from you that looking at the threats that we face today, we are in the most threatened position, I believe, in the history of our country.