I guess--I guess it is a surprise to the Obama administration that there's a Republican majority in the House, and we actually show up for work most weeks, Monday through Friday, and are holding hearings.

I personally do not want to know all the meetings that the President and his National Security Advisors had about capturing and killing Osama bin Laden.

the Congress and the people of the United States, in my opinion, have a right to know.

When you do things in secret, when you do things behind closed doors and don't have them vetted by the appropriate committees of jurisdiction, you could go on and on about the drafting errors in this bill.

You can't find that legislation no matter if you look high or low, you cannot find it because Harry Reid had a secret bill in his desk drawer.

the purpose of transparency is so that people in the democracy know what those that are in power are doing.

I will stipulate that mercury is a poison and a pollutant and SO2 is a pollutant.

We cut SO2 emissions by 50 percent in the last decade, and this, if implemented, cuts it another 50 percent.

These threaten our Nation's energy security at a minimum and our economic opportunity for sure.

I do find it troubling that Lisa Jackson, once again, is a no-show at a very important hearing.

The fact that EPA continues to stand in the way is both inexplicable and unacceptable.