Jason Altmire

I believe there is an urgent need to address our Nation's budget deficit and secure our long-term fiscal stability.

The rapidly expanding Federal regulatory burden is a bipartisan problem... it costs $2,400, or 45 percent, more for small businesses to comply with Federal regulations than their larger counterparts.

But without question, Cam Newton deserved the award. He is the best player in college football. We wish him continued success and congratulations.

I can't think of anyone in recent history who has made more of a difference in their area of expertise and in their subject matter than Chairman Oberstar. As a second-term Member of Congress, when you are first elected, Madam Speaker, as…

The recession won't truly be over until Americans seeking work can find jobs.

The problem is the last indicator that hasn't improved as much as we would like is access to capital, and that is what this is about.

We need to hear these important perspectives in order to craft effective policies that get credit flowing, businesses growing, and results in the jobs Americans need.

Solving the small business credit crunch is nothing short of essential to our economy recovery, so we have to get this right.

If small businesses are the economy's backbone, then capital is its lifeblood.

Congress has already taken some steps to get credit flowing to small businesses.

It's a mistake and I think it's beneath the White House to get in a tit for tat with news organizations.

First, lessening our dependence on foreign energy sources is not just an economic challenge, but a question of national security.

Whenever our nation has bounced back from previous downturns, the key ingredient has always been the same: innovation.

R&D grants are critical to their businesses and essential to innovation.

I want western Pennsylvania to participate in the new era and enjoy the benefits of increased and expanded passenger rail service.

The time has come in southwestern Pennsylvania to implement commuter rail.

States must have the right to regulate competition to ensure that business interests do not trump patient safety.

Social Security is the bedrock upon which all retirement planning in the United States has got to rest.

These are acres the oil companies and gas companies, themselves, purchased. Nobody forced them into it. Nobody twisted their arms. They sought these acres because they knew there was oil and gas underneath them. They're not randomly…

If I can clarify what this chart is, it's not quite accurate. It's even a more telling story. This chart shows where the known oil is in those 68 million acres that we are talking about. So that specific that they own the leases, they are…

One is, there's 4.8 million barrels of oil per day every day that would be available underneath those 68 million acres. That's the number, 4.8 million barrels per day every day. These are 68 million acres that are currently leased to oil…

The $2 billion figure includes the surveying and the geological work to actually find the oil in the first place, which it's not just drilling, the $2 billion is from start to peak production. The point of the 68 million acres is we…

And it's clear that with oil at $117 a barrel and rising that ExxonMobil does not need taxpayer subsidies. They're going to make their money. They're doing quite well. They just set the all-time record for profit in one quarter in the…

But I cannot say the same thing about the politicians in Baghdad, the Iraqi politicians. We have had for several months now, if not more than a year, a situation in Baghdad where the politicians have just refused to step up and make the…

So for this administration to have the worst record of job creation since the Hoover administration, I think really spells out the failure of these economic policies.