Thirty-seven programs in the farm bill do not have a budget baseline beyond the expiration of the current farm bill.

Today, we will hear from USDA about the farm bill programs they administer under the energy and forestry titles.

We have a responsibility to ensure that our food systems are sustainable and resilient.

We have a lot of work to do as we continue down the road of preparing for this next farm bill.

Many of these programs, such as the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, were created with the purpose of fostering the creation of the next generation of advanced biofuels.

Our farmers and agriculture in general are not getting the credit they deserve for their extensive efforts in restoring the Chesapeake Bay.

I wasn't aware of that actually. That is in my backyard for the most part.

The first energy title was created in the 2002 Farm Bill, and it was designed to help develop feedstock for renewables fuels.

This week, three middle schools located in Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District--Mount Nittany Middle School in State College, Park Forest Middle School in State College, and Titusville Middle School in Titusville--have been named…

As chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, I rise in strong support of this amendment offered by my friend from Pennsylvania and ranking member on the subcommittee, Mr. Holden. This…

I serve as cochairman of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus with my friend and colleague Jim Langevin of Rhode Island. The Career and Technical Education Caucus is a group of Members seeking to broaden awareness here…

I appreciate that. Thanks again for hosting this hour. Whether we're talking about addressing the deficit or whether we're talking about saving Medicare--frankly, both of those issues are intertwined--we've got to save the country, and…

I thank my good friend, Dr. Burgess from Texas, for yielding and also for being able to work with him in terms of our Congressional Health Care Caucus. We cover the health care industry from both important aspects--you as a physician and…

This week the United States House sent a clear message to the White House that it's time to address our Nation's growing debt crisis and get serious with real budgetary reforms so that America can meet its budget and credit obligations at…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 332, after line 24, insert the following: SEC. 713. EXPANSION OF STATE LICENSURE EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN HEALTH…

I thank the chairman and ranking member of this committee. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Thompson-Berkley amendment, which is nearly identical to H.R. 1832, the bipartisan Servicemembers' Telemedicine and E-Health Portability Act…

I do support the Foxx amendment. I've listened to all the discussion on the floor, much of it dealing, most recently, with not the Foxx amendment, but actually with Medicare, which always catches my attention. You see, Mr. Chairman, I…

Each year the White House recognizes outstanding teachers for their contributions to the teaching and learning of mathematics and science through the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science. On April 28…

I thank my good friend from Hobbs, New Mexico, for yielding. Representing part of Pennsylvania, it is an honor to be part of the Western Caucus. I represent western Pennsylvania and central Pennsylvania and a little bit of eastern…

Yesterday, I joined members of the Pennsylvania State legislature, gun owners, and the president of the NRA at the Pennsylvania State capital in support of our Second Amendment rights. I appreciate their deep belief in freedom and…

I just want to come back to the point you talked about in terms of ethanol, wind, solar. It could be anything. Anytime that you take a new energy to commercial level, commercialize it, but you do it artificially, you do it with subsidies…

It is, and all the related jobs. Absolutely. You're right. It's not the drilling jobs, but it's the hotel jobs and it's the restaurant jobs. I've got manufacturers right now that are sitting with jobs that they can't fill. We hear a lot…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I think a point in terms of the profits that oil companies make, it really is what most industries, whether it's a manufacturer or service industry, make right around 6 to 8 percent; but yet you have to…

Well, you're right. The demand side impacts gas prices as well, and it has been very well documented that two countries in particular are increasing their thirst for oil, and it's going to drive up the demand for oil worldwide, and that is…

The unemployment rate is lower than the national average is. I have a couple counties in particular. Tioga County is one of them, which is in the heart of the Marcellus natural gas. It is probably the first time in history that that…