Bill Flores

Looking at the stimulus plan, if you use the most aggressive, optimistic numbers of jobs created or saved that have been promulgated, the cost of the stimulus plan divided by the number of jobs is about $400,000 per job.

Just like America's families and businesses, Congress must base its spending on a budget so that the Federal Government lives within its means. While Americans struggling in the Obama economy must sit down every day and produce a budget…

A few minutes ago the White House announced that it was going to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. The White House did this among a backdrop with record high gas prices in January. A major factor in these high gas prices is the continued…

So the answer is the Department of Defense is willing to work with the Department of the Interior if we were to tell the truth in this Committee, it sounds like.

I would like to suggest to the Chairman that we invite somebody from the Department of Defense to come talk to us as well about this issue so we can clear up that misconception.

the goal here is to put Americans back to work, improve the American economy, to reduce the Federal fiscal deficit

Let the record reflect that right now, we don't have anybody from the other side of the aisle that is paying attention to American jobs, the American economy, the Federal deficit, American energy security or national security.

There is a difference between President Obama's rhetoric and the reality for the American people. He says we can't wait for more U.S. manufacturing and construction jobs. He says we can't wait for more American middle class jobs. He says…

That would be pretty interesting because if I can't trust your judgment on the first contractor, how are we to trust the judgment going forward?

In your rulemaking, what level of job losses is acceptable?

Well, I hope it is a different team that picked the contractor than picked the last one. Thank you.

Didn't do a very good job, I guess, did they?

I think that you need to report back to him that at least this Congressperson thinks that he has no statutory authority to merge these agencies.

I hope that is actually the case.

I don't think there is any statutory authority. Second, it appears like the Department of the Interior is a little bit schizophrenic because on the offshore drilling side they have broken apart two agencies that were formerly combined.

As part of the House Republicans Plan for America's Job Creators, we are working hard every day to fix the Obama economy. Last week the Senate stopped a bipartisan bill to permanently repeal the job-killing 3 percent withholding…

In my opinion, the Executive Order is the illogical extension of President Bush's goals.

That just sounds like more big government trying to get in the way of human activity.

But I am more concerned about the public sharing what it wants and having a vote in the process.

It seems to me like it is clearly trying to wire around the intent of Congress.

My bill, H.R. 2236, the Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp Act, is on our agenda.

I believe that America's Wildlife Refuge System has proven to be a great investment for our country.

we need to look at the holistic approach to make sure that nobody ever has to pay a fine again

I have not heard anything about frauds or criminal acts.

Do we do anything like that in the deepwater drilling business in terms of the way to control accidents?