I don't think we are going to build 19 LNG export facilities.

Currently our oil and gas sector is creating about 9 million jobs a year and sending in taxes more than $30 billion to the Federal Treasury every year.

there is hope. We might actually burst out in bipartisanship on LNG exports.

it wouldn't be the end of the world if the environmental community broke down and actually supported a positive energy-production bill.

The positive effects are being felt both in the U.S. and abroad, and this is just the beginning.

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following new section: SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. BARTON asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished chairman of the Intelligence Committee and also a distinguished member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, a former FBI agent, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Rogers).

In reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, before I yield back, I want to thank my staff member Emmanual Guillory. He has worked tirelessly on this issue and on this amendment. I also want to thank Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts and his…

Mr. Chair, when this same bill or bill similar to it was on the House floor last year, I had to reluctantly rise in opposition to it because it was my opinion that the privacy protections in the bill were not sufficient to protect the…

I want to apologize to the chairman and the ranking member and our esteemed witness for not being here to hear the opening treatment.