Briefly, to reply to my good friend from Massachusetts, the light bulbs that he just showed, the least expensive one of those I think he said was about $1.60, $1.70. Your traditional incandescent light bulb you can buy, if you can find…

Before I yield to the gentlewoman from Tennessee, I would point out that the light bulbs that my good friend, Mr. Doyle, just alluded to, are five times to six times as expensive as the traditional incandescent light bulb, and they are not…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to start off by introducing to the body my special assistant this week, Mr. Speaker, young Jack Kevin Barton, my 5-year-old son. He is with me to help with the congressional…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation, and to insert extraneous material on the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Thank you, Congressman Hoyer. It has been my pleasure to serve for 26 years on the Energy and Commerce Committee with the distinguished gentleman who is having his 85th birthday. What some of our newer Members may not know is what a…

I disagree with this decision treated unilaterally by a Chairman. It should have been a Commission decision.

Madam Chairwoman, Shell Oil Company has spent 5 years of time and $3 billion trying to drill one well in the Arctic Ocean--5 years and $3 billion. In that time period, worldwide and in other areas of the Outer Continental Shelf of the…

I have long been a proponent of FCC reform.

We hope that was not an open and transparent process.

I don't know where these rumors come from that Members have tempers. That must be on the minority side.

It is my understanding that one of your conclusions is that while Chairman Jaczko didn't act appropriately, it is your opinion that he did not violate any law.