Markwayne Mullin

But at the same time what is the point of more regulations if you can't enforce it.

I am offering this amendment on behalf of Chairman Upton. I would like to thank him for his leadership on the energy issues. This is a noncontroversial provision that had bipartisan support when it was reported out of the full committee. I…

I obviously encourage a ``yes'' vote, and I encourage my colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin). The question…

I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin). The amendment was rejected. {time} 1615…

As Chairman Pitts pointed out.

It is important to consider whether it is likely that uninsured Americans would replicate the next actions the GAO took; namely, knowingly and willingly providing false information in violation of Federal law, which could subject the…

I want to thank Chairman Walden for bringing this important legislation before the subcommittee and I thank my friend, Congresswoman Matsui.

Thank you for allowing us to bring this to the floor. This is one of those commonsense bills that, unfortunately, requires Congress to act. Several tribes before us have obtained legislation like this from Congress to authorize them to…

States have denied applicants who are clearly above Medicaid's income standards.

Unfortunately, individuals are now using court-recognized loopholes to transfer significant resources to a spouse.

One such area surrounds standards to prevent spousal impoverishment.

And it is an honor to be able to sit on a subcommittee panel with you and introduce a Nico Gomez, our CEO of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

It is really hard for me to follow this.

Is this not throwing up red flags? Is there not something that we can do at a more aggressive rate than just simply looking into it?

I can't get that out of my head. You can't convince me that nearly half of those on the Part D need these type of prescribed drugs.

The numbers speak for themselves. I don't know how many hearings we have had of this.

We are going to have to get a lot more pipelines in the ground to provide the resources we are going to have to have.

The pipelines still provide the best option, provide the resources we are needing to ship across this country

It is certainty that we are needing. It is understanding of what are we going to have to comply with.

We are here to help. And we want to create an equal playing field.

I am all about creating an atmosphere for industries to thrive in.

But we have helped, as a government body, we have helped a lot of industries innovate.

Competition strengthens the sword of an entrepreneur. We allow them to control it because they are the only player on the market.

We have the ability to strengthen the hand of our allies and strengthen our relationship with our allies across the country for providing them a commodity that they are in desperate need of.

Oklahoma has lost 20,000 jobs since January. Obviously we are a rich state in our fossil fuels, and it is very important.