On June 26, South Carolina and the United States lost a hero. Sergeant Bob Reasoner was a World War II United States Army Air Corps veteran and a tail gunner assigned to the 68th Squadron, with the famous 44th Bomber Group known as The…

I appreciate Chairman Issa calling this hearing because what I've heard thus far is very disturbing to me.

Don't you think that, in light of what's come out here today, that the FTC should check on something like this?

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania. He has been a leader in his short time in Congress as a freshman on energy issues because he gets what is going on in his home State. I keep returning to the State of Texas because Texas, they have…

Natural gas is the way to go.

I thank the gentlewoman from Wyoming. She does a fabulous job. That is one of the things I enjoy about serving in the United States Congress, is meeting the congressmen from all of the other States that can educate me and can educate…

I came to Congress to focus on three things, jobs, energy, and our Founding Fathers.

Energy is a segue to job creation whether it is running new electrical transmission lines in Haiti or whether it is providing that power through power generation in the Dominican.

As part of the House Energy Action Team, it is important for us to address the hardworking American taxpayers that are concerned about their rising energy costs and who want to know what their United States Congress is going to do about…

I thought the gentleman from Texas wanted to talk about energy because I have had the conversation with the gentleman from Texas. I understand it is a passion of his.

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina. This is a picture of the State newspaper in South Carolina. It says: Oil Exploration OK'd Off South Carolina and the Entire East Coast. The Department of the Interior has actually said: You know…

I am hopeful that the government in Santo Domingo will continue along this path while addressing core human rights and labor issues that affect many developing countries.

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma for sharing that. He is exactly right. It is simple. It is supply and demand. That is simple economics. Let's put American oil and natural gas out there on the world market, and I believe you will see…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for getting on the letters, the right letter to include that area. Energy production in the United States means lower energy costs for Americans. It is as simple as that. Energy independence through…

Jobs, putting Americans to work, putting Dominicans who are putting Haitians to work, jobs.

But I know the issue you are going to talk about tonight, and that is on that southern border. I know that is on that gentleman's mind because that southern border is porous, and we have no idea, America, who is coming in our country. You…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. He has been a leader as long as I have known him on energy issues, representing Houston. I have been to Houston. I have seen the activity around the oil and gas industry, and I can tell you there are some…

It just makes sense to me to help Americans and American companies make money selling LNG and help our friends in the region.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. As I said earlier, Texas gets it. I remember a colleague of ours from Louisiana who said that drilling equals jobs. That sums it up--drilling equals jobs. I appreciate the gentleman from Louisiana, Jeff…

I shared that, that those folks have not been forgotten, and I asked APD Escobedo to share that with all the folks.

We have a porous Southern Border and folks are coming across, human smuggling, not just the children but others that are exploiting this situation.

Instead of allowing the legislative process to proceed, the President ignored the concerns of State and local law enforcement, ranchers, sportsmen, and others.

I believe that to be the case.

the President's action ignored legislation introduced in both chambers of Congress which had buy-in and support from a broad coalition of State and local stakeholders and constituencies.

What I don't want to see is Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument area experience the same kind of abuse.