We exist to secure two fundamental principles. First, Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

I thank the gentleman from South Carolina, and the invitation still stands. Come to Oklahoma. We have been fracking since 1948, and I would encourage folks to come drink our water, see the beautiful land, breathe our beautiful air, and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I would just close by saying the 2008 financial meltdown was not caused because middle-income Americans didn't have access to retirement funds. This is a way to be able to protect middle-income Americans, protect their retirement, and to…

This is a study in unintended consequences. This body determined that they wanted to have more oversight over people that are called broker-dealers of investment funds. They would be handled the exact same way as investment advisers that…

Last year, the FCC published a notice that stated they had greatly reduced their backlog of complaints on indecent and obscene language and images on TV and sought comments on whether they should change their policy on enforcement moving…

In 2010, the administration put together a working group to monetize the cost per ton of carbon emissions for use in cost-benefit analyses for rulemaking undertaken by all agencies in the Federal Government, and then reconvened this group…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. 508. None of the funds made available by this…

I can assure you I have great care, Mr. Chairman, for future generations, as I do for this generation and as I do for the United States Constitution. No administration can ignore the Administrative Procedure Act, change it capriciously by…

I would be glad for the Members of this body to enroll in a science class. I would also be glad for the Members of this body to enroll in a world history class and possibly look at the history of the Earth. Do you realize there were…

You should not have that high of a percentage of overturn getting to you.

we do know we've been living in challenging budgetary times.

Having said that, though, that appropriation still has to be approved, and it does have to go through our Department's appropriation process.

I don't think that--the remand doesn't predispose it to any sort of disposition when it comes back.

So they're remanded, you got the additional detail, it's now coming back to you.

They just want an answer. So that's very important.

It's near and dear to a lot of people in our district that not only want to deal with the fraud and waste, and the loss, and the improper payments, which is important to everyone, including everyone on this dais, but also to providers that…

So is it your assumption it's the slam-dunk cases that are going to come at that settlement process?

I would say this is not about Alaska. Alaska is a tremendous State that I have personally visited. I have not had an opportunity to live there, as my colleague has, obviously. But this is not about Alaska; this is about duplication in…

I am extremely pleased that the appropriators and this chairman have included a requirement that discretionary grants awarded by the Department of Energy must be disclosed to the House and the Senate in a timely manner, and they must…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 40, line 8, insert ``the number of proposals or applications submitted for the award, documentation of the basis for…

Earlier this year, there was a bill that authorized the Corps' projects that was passed in the House and the Senate and signed into law. It also included into that a study that would allow the Corps of Engineers to be able to evaluate…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 4, line 25, after ``expended,'' insert ``of which such sums as are necessary to carry out the study authorized in…

So we have a three-year process for someone that there is a very clear problem with.