Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate a constituent of Texas District 17. His name is Robert Griffin, III, of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and he is the recipient of the 2011 Heisman Memorial Trophy. The son of two U.S. Army…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about options for American middle class jobs and American energy security. In this regard, I want to talk about two real-world examples that highlight the differences between President Obama's plan and the…

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.

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.

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.

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

Madam Speaker, 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…

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.

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

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?