I very much appreciate the great opening statements that you and Ranking Member Cummings have made.

Are you going to invest that money to just discover whether there might be a resource, oil or natural gas, in that area without any hope, promise, or understanding from the Government that area will ever be included in a future lease sale?

We are going to offer a lease sale in this area, and you are already producing out of that area.

Last week I had the pleasure of spending time with first responders and public safety personnel in my district. I toured facilities in seven counties, meeting with the men and women who are the first line of defense, the ones who go into…

The excuse is because of a catastrophic decline in the salmon population on the Klamath.

This bespeaks a complete lack of balance in addressing the issue, and an ideological extremism that is utterly breathtaking in its scope.

We want a super-abundance of these species, which, it seems to me, we can produce at far lower cost than the extensive and expensive measures required by ESA.

It seems to me the only difference between a hatchery fish and a wild-born fish is the difference between a baby born at home and a baby born at the hospital.

I would certainly invite her to come to California's Central Valley, where the ESA has required the diversion, literally, of billions of gallons of water.

People get the wrong idea. They think we all hate each other in Washington, and that is so untrue.

there is an important and legitimate Federal role.

I consider myself to be the Republican cochair, and Jerry Nadler from New York to be the Democratic cochair.

part of the pullback is just to bring the forces in, build loyalty with the Mexican Government and do away with some of the corruption.

I thank Chairman Denham for yielding me this time, and I want to commend Chairman Shuster and the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry) for bringing this bill to the floor at this time. This is a very important bill. As Speaker Boehner said…

I think by using the word 'and,' you are putting two values, so to speak, in place that both have to happen in order for the sanction to kick in.

I want to thank you and the other members for the bipartisan effort on H.R. 850.

Speaker Pelosi was famously quoted as saying we would have to pass Obamacare before we could find out what was in it.

We are relying on the honesty of visa holders to look at that date and say, 'Oh, no. I got to get out of here by March 31.'

Medicare ended up costing 12 times more than what was predicted after its first 25 years of operation.

I will note for the record that 40 to--roughly 40 to 50 percent, almost half, of all the illegal aliens in this country came here legally.

The estimated cost for Obamacare, now the un-Affordable Care Act, are now double or triple what was originally estimated.

But I must say I am alarmed by something I just heard when the Chairwoman was asking you a question.

I think it is timely, with the immigration debate that is raging on the Hill and with the Senate taking up the immigration reform legislation.

These are folks that willfully came to this country, and we gave them permission.

We do have an illegal immigration problem in this country.