During this State of the Union address President Obama turned his back on the Keystone Pipeline.

I believe it is in our national interest to move forward with this pipeline, and the State Department's 3-year delay in considering this pipeline is a national travesty and I wish it would have happened a lot sooner.

I respectfully ask for the Subcommittee's support of H.R. 1278, and thank you for the opportunity to deliver my testimony today.

I am pleased to be here among my colleagues to speak in favor of my bill, H.R. 1278.

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot as a historically significant event because it possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the national or cultural themes of our national heritage.

I would like to close with words from Dr. Franklin, that 'our parks are settings for celebration as well as remorse, leading to a determination to do better things in the future.'

On January 11th, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made remarks calling Iran's Strait of Hormuz threats 'provocative and dangerous.'

I believe you to be truthful in that statement, but someone put pressure on them to not--delay that divulging of that information on Solyndra until after the elections in 2010, and that's very political.

Today I want to know how your now-bankrupt company got $535 million taxpayer-funded loan guarantee from DOE.

This is a critical hearing to examine Solyndra's representation on its financial status to this committee and the Department of Energy.

I guess a lot can change in 5 weeks.