I thank my friend from Florida for the time. Mr. Speaker, I am puzzled by Congressman Hastings' remarks in opposition to the rule. This is a very fair rule. The Rules Committee received 13 amendments from the minority. They made in order…

In my judgment, providing more fuel supply for our refineries would liken the possibility that prices would go down.

The issues that we are discussing today have the ability to harm our sick, inhibit innovation and stifle domestic economic jobs and growth.

the medical device review process at the Food and Drug Administration in my opinion has become overly burdensome, unpredictable and inconsistent under its current leadership.

Mr. Speaker, I am one of the original sponsors of the tax limitation/balanced budget amendment under the Contract with America back in 1995. I have got one of the most conservative voting records in the House over the last 25 years. Common…

Reclaiming my time, I do want to recognize the Republican MVP, who did get a legitimate hit, Steve Pearce of New Mexico. And I will point out to my friends on the minority side that this victory last night, while it is the third in the row…

Madam Chair, it is my sad duty to report to the House that last night in the 50th Annual Congressional Baseball Game, our friends on the minority side eked out an 8-2 victory. We gained 87 seats in the last election. They gained three, but…

privacy is not a partisan issue, and I do believe, as he said, that it is time to act.

I have been an advocate for privacy for almost 20 years in the Congress.

If you have Joe Barton and Ed Markey on a bill, you pretty well covered the political spectrum not only of this committee but of the Congress.

But apparently that is all they did. They really didn't change their business model and it appears to me that Google has adopted a model of saying one thing in Washington and doing another thing in their business practices.