Why is the government subsidizing this harm?

We have to shut down 45 percent of our existing coal-fired power plants; two of which are in my old congressional district.

I believe in states' rights. New York doesn't want to allow hydraulic fracturing, so they don't.

I think that is a good thing. I believe in states' rights.

The EPA has a right to set a national standard in interstate commerce to protect public health.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The Endangered Species Act should be a protection, not a weapon.

So it may be counterintuitive to some, but if we allow crude oil exports, at least over time we are going to stabilize world prices and probably bring them down because we are increasing U.S. domestic crude oil production.

Mr. Speaker, 179 years ago, in a hamlet in what is now Grimes County, Texas, called Washington-on-the-Brazos, a handful of brave Texans voted to declare independence from Mexico. We call this day Texas Independence Day. As those brave men…

We are having droughts out of west Texas too, just like California.

Energy means amazing opportunities for these small towns.