Last year when I brought up this issue I was told to go out and educate my colleagues and garner support for my bill. Well, I've done that.

This is an important issue for me obviously.

Increasing crude exports means increasing impacts on climate change, public health and safety, property owners, and our water supplies.

Exports may help oil companies, but will they really benefit consumers?

One point that I want to make is America is a trading county. We don't need to or should we get to zero imports before we export.

I think if you listen to the witnesses, especially my good friend, Ambassador Gandalovic from the Czech Republic, you will see the absolute positivism of repealing this ban.

Let us look at a program, Ms.--that Ms. Castor and I are very supportive of, the Ace Kids Act.

Of course, those of us that are red, in that sense, you know, if they would listen to us more, we would have less of those people.

Madam Speaker, I want to thank leadership on both sides: our Speaker, John Boehner; our majority leader, Kevin McCarthy; and our whip, Steve Scalise, who played in the game. On their side, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, and Mr. Clyburn were all…

Madam Speaker, I rise with an extremely heavy heart to, once again, have to congratulate my good friend Mike Doyle, the manager of the Democratic baseball team, for another victory. It is sad, but true. Sad, but true. On June 11, the…

Put simply: this is unacceptable. Medicaid is supposed to provide our most vulnerable with vital medical services, but continued waste and fraud undermines this important goal.