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…

I hope that is actually the case.

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.

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?

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?

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…