Jeff Duncan

We have been having a couple of examples of small towns or cities around the country surrendering their charters because they just could not meet all of the mandates and the expenses of Federal requirements.

We are having stealth tax increases, as Mr. Duncan noted, at the pump.

What I would like to see the Department of the Interior do is say, 'We are going to open up the Bakken oil field in Montana on Federal lands, and allow more energy development.'

Are you or are you not going to increase the public lands available for hydraulic fracturing?

I think America is looking for us here in Congress, and also the Administration, to take the measures to reduce what they pay at the pump.

Washington loves to talk with flourishes, but generally calls for more bureaucracy as the answer to the problems.

I think it is important that the United States and this Congress continue to look at this.

Madam Chairman, there was a committee hearing in the Homeland Security Committee with Chairman King where we looked at U.S. vendors that were selling circuit boards and other computer hardware to the U.S. military, but also an ability…

As a freshman Member, it is definitely educational to me to understand what the U.S. is doing or not doing.

Ultimately the consumers are going to pay, because import/exporters are going to pass those costs on. That is obvious to most folks.

I commend the gentlemen that are doing that, implementing the policies of this country every day to keep us safe.

One of the roles of the United States Government is to defend the sovereignty of this country

Wipe the board clean. Set aside your pre-conceived ideas on this. Get everyone in a room, all of the agencies in a room, and come up with a strategy to deal with Iran's role in our hemisphere.

We have had Che Guevara down there in the past trying to destabilize the area, and today it is even more dangerous because Tehran, and working with Venezuela and Chavez and Ortega, they really are a danger.

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The American public is frustrated when they are paying over $3 a gallon at the pump knowing that we have got the resources in this country.

The Keystone XL pipeline is a job creator. It creates refining jobs and it creates construction jobs.

I believe that energy is a segue to job creation, and that is what this Congress needs to be talking about.

This is a very important hearing. And we have made tremendous progress in both clean air and clean water areas over the last 40 years.

I think there is a sense of urgency.

I just want to pause and say thank you to those men and women who served so valiantly in a war that, a lot of times, is forgotten.

I really didn't know that Wall Street had complete control over the gasoline and oil prices.

The national unemployment rate is 9.1% and there is very little proof this number will improve in the coming months.

However, this ill-advised and purely political decision by the President will do more than just domestic economic harm, but it will have grave national security implications as well.

As a Marine Corps combat veteran, I believe it is imperative we take into consideration the national security implications of our energy policy.