The President's budget spends $47 trillion over the next 10 years. That is 1.5 trillion more than he proposed to spend last year.

Would it be helpful for us to write a letter to direct them that--to seek that help?

I thank my friend from Colorado, and you're exactly right. I do have extensive experience in the oil and gas business and also in the energy service business. So I know firsthand the impact on jobs and American energy security that having…

We're going to have to work with the VA somehow to try to figure out how do we fix the culture.

Do we have a problem with the regulations and the process and the rules, or do we have a problem with the culture of the bureaucracy?

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, although the Obama administration may tout signs that the economy is improving, we are still way below past economic recoveries. The reality is the economy is growing too slowly and not creating enough…

I mean, that one is pretty obvious at face value that the federal government does a pretty poor job of allocating resources?

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.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember an American hero from this country's Greatest Generation. John ``Jack'' Francis Hannigan was born March 27, 1918 to Frank Hannigan and Elsie Sternweiss Hannigan in New York City. He attended parochial…

Mr. Speaker, 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…

Mr. Speaker, 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…