That's an interesting point, because I'm on the Natural Resources Committee. We deal with the EPA and a number of other, what used to be known as the MMS, and now BOEMRE, that makes regulations regarding offshore drilling, and they can't…

I want to continue that discourse a little bit, Mr. Gibson, because I feel like you need to go back and read the Federalist Papers.

I would just ask that we continue that process as Members of Congress to go and shake the hands of the front-line folks that are defending our Nation and making sure that we are safe, telling them 'thank you,' asking their input on what we…

We have a President who has created 106 new regulations that cost the American taxpayer 46 billion additional dollars right there.

We continually see the over-reach of the Executive Branch that erodes the freedoms of Americans.

To end this war in a way to create a better peace, and to secure our Nation's interest, we must remain involved in Iraq.

There are 51 publicly-known thwarted Islamist-inspired terrorist plots since 9/11 in this country.

The Iraqi security forces still need our help, and there are gaps in our current strategy.

This hearing isn't about Islam, but rather it is about Islamists using institutions of Islam to propagate Islamism.

The recent nationwide coordinated attacks demonstrate that Iraqi intelligence is deficient.

The first requirement is to be more aggressive in negotiating the proper set of agreements so that our security interests and the security interests of Iraq both be achieved.

These attacks are aimed at eroding Iraqi sovereignty, self-reliance, increasing instability, creating more distance between the U.S. and Iraq, and to prevent Iraqi economic growth.

You propose in your budget an increase of onshore royalties from 12.5 percent to 18.75 percent, an increase on the cost that the consumer will pay.

If we were to open up these areas, America is blessed with the abundance of oil and natural gas resources.

I cannot think of a single example where an increase in a tax or a fee ever reduces the price for the consumer.

Since the Administration has been in office, the last three years have seen the fewest acres leased for oil and gas development in the last 30 years.

Americans, it's been 1,044 days since the United States Senate has passed a budget for America. Back in 2009, the average American family spent $173.80 a month on gasoline. In 2011, that number had risen to $368.09 a month on gasoline…

I think we have grown Government so much that we are actually--it seems to me we are working counter to that original 9/11 Commission report that charged us and created this agency.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3783 offered by the Honorable Jeff Duncan, a Representative in Congress from the State of South Carolina.

Thank you, Madam Chairman, Ranking Member Berman, Madam Chair, Chairman Royce, the chair of the subcommittee, heard the bill.

I think it is important that, rather than just reacting to a disaster, we should be working proactively to develop a plan.

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3783 offered by the Honorable Jeff Duncan.

the President himself said, under his cap and trade plan, that electricity prices would necessarily skyrocket.

I have been disappointed with the lack of effort by this Administration to prevent a state sponsor of terrorism like Cuba to drill approximately 60 to 65 miles off of Florida's coast.

So, my first question is, why does this Administration continue to push through these enormously impactful regulations--and make no mistake that TMDL is a regulation--without performing basic economic and social analysis of the impacts?