I want to also commend our colleagues, Congressman Salazar and Congressman Altmire, for their interest in this.

My constituents and the land they live on must be made whole again.

I voted against the war in Iraq from the very beginning, because I thought it was a terrible mistake and I still think it is a terrible mistake.

We spent $173 billion in Afghanistan since 2001.

I want to make sure that everybody who is directly affected is treated fairly, compensated, and made whole as much as possible.

I expect two things of TVA. First, TVA must continue working closely with the Corps of Engineers, the EPA, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and the local community to ensure that TVA is in compliance with all…

We just can't go along with the kooks and the extremists in these situations.

I do think that TVA has among the finest leadership that the agency has ever had, contrary to the impression I think some people have tried to leave.

What we need in this whole situation is a little balance and common sense and fairness.

I want these findings to be made public so that every rate payer and lawmaker alike can take part in our effort to ensure that this never happens again.

If TVA cannot fulfill their duty to make my constituents whole, I am fully prepared as a Member of Congress to call upon our current Administration to name the EPA as the lead agency in charge of the cleanup and to appoint a czar that will…

I do want to join with my other colleagues and commend the crew.

on the 200th birthday of our great President, Abraham Lincoln, I rise to pay tribute to his accomplishments. But primarily I want to tell my colleagues and others about Tennessee's great Lincoln Memorial University. General Howard…

when a family is deeply head-over-heels in debt, they don't go out and borrow even more so they can double or triple spending, even if it would help the economy. And that is exactly the situation our government is in in regard to the…

I have read many articles over the last 2 or 3 months about the various stimulus proposals...

I first introduced this bill in the 106th Congress after reading a front-page story in the Washington Times reporting that foreign governments from the Middle East were making large donations, very large donations, to the proposed library…

gas prices are now over $4 a gallon and may be headed higher. Almost all environmental radicals come from very wealthy or very upper income families. Environmentalists apparently want gas to go even higher so people will drive less. Well…

Ian Lustick, a professor of the University of Pennsylvania and research fellow at the Independent Institute in California, wrote an article in The Hill newspaper a few days ago which made a great deal of sense. He wrote this: ``Nearly 7…

What I'm getting at, Mr. Speaker, is this: This Congress is going to go down as the most fiscally irresponsible Congress in the history of this Nation if we keep spending at this rate. No one can legitimately call themselves a fiscal…

Mr. Speaker, it's appropriate that the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area be named after Morley Nelson. Morley Nelson demonstrated how private voluntary wildlife conservation efforts can be far more effective than big…

H.R. 5151 will designate portions of the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia as wilderness, and it is my understanding that Members of Congress whose districts are affected support the bill. Although we should give considerable…

H.R. 831 introduced by our distinguished colleague, Don Young, conveys approximately 12 acres of National Forest System land to the City of Coffman Cove. The City of Coffman Cove, Alaska, is a small community with about 200 residents that…

oil has hit $118 a barrel. Gas is $3.50 to $4 a gallon. Fox News this morning said some experts say it will be $5 a gallon by later this summer. Most environmental radicals and extremists seem to come from very wealthy or very upper-income…

oil prices have reached $112, $113 a barrel, an all-time high. Gas prices have reached an average of $3.50 a gallon and in some places even higher, and the only people who seem to be happy about this are Sierra Club and some of these other…

first I want to commend David Walker for his years of service as U.S. Comptroller General, heading up the Government Accountability Office. Mr. Walker is a highly respected CPA from Atlanta and for the last few years has been trying to be…