John Culberson

Come meet, firsthand, these people, these fine men and women who are so committed to finding and producing American oil and gas cleanly and safely. These are our neighbors and friends, Congressman Brady and Congressman Poe, who we live…

That's what I remember. The jet fuel is particularly vital. And, Kevin, we found out in the roundtable you held in Houston last week, as you said, jobs are being lost as we speak. We, as a Nation, are going to lose those jobs permanently…

Imagine if you are, Mr. Speaker, a business owner, a banker, someone who wants and needs and is prepared to make a significant investment because these are tremendously expensive operations to drill in either shallow--or in the deep water…

Once they're gone, those rigs will be almost impossible to bring back to the United States. The world's appetite for oil is going to continue for some time. All of us are committed to an all-of-the-above energy policy that encourages…

But I wanted to also make the point, Madam Speaker, make sure all Americans listening understand, Congressman Brady, that this moratorium is not just shutting down deepwater drilling. All of the companies that we have visited with, all of…

Congressman Brady, I know you have seen, as I have, these countries where these rigs are going overseas. The companies themselves also have got high standards. They are going to maintain a safe, clean environment for their workers and…

Which his own commissioned opposed and which flies in the face of the record, tremendous record of safety and cleanliness of producing oil and gas offshore in the gulf. Again 99.99 percent of all the oil and gas produced in offshore waters…

If I could, I want to visit with you because you are so knowledgeable about this. The States of Louisiana and Texas, as you know, have played such a vital role in producing oil and gas offshore. You serve on the Energy and Commerce…

The Obama administration has therefore shut down, Congressman Brady, all offshore permitting, all offshore drilling in all the continental waters of the United States. That's essentially where we are.

I also want to say that we have extended an invitation to the President to come to Houston to meet the workers of the Johnson Space Center, where the President's administration has attempted to shut down America's manned space program…

One of the bedrock principles upon which this government was created was to provide for the common defense. Yet this Democrat majority was asked 5 months ago by the President to provide funding for the war. It's been 35 days since the…

Is my colleague from Texas aware that this provision strips the Texas Legislature and the people of Texas of the power to make decisions at the State level?

And Members, born in Kentucky, Dr. William H. Smith has pastored Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, for the past 19 years. He preached his first sermon there on Father's Day, 1991, which was appropriate as he and his wife…

The Democrat Congress and this President have presided over the biggest spending increases in American history, created more debt than any Congress in the history of the United States, and passed unprecedented tax increases, so it's not…

I would like to, if I could, ask Ms. Matsui, how long has the public had to read this bill? It is my understanding that this bill was posted on the Internet about 2rac{1}{2} hours ago. There was no committee hearing, and this contains…

But my question is: Has this specific piece of legislation had a full committee hearing, number one? And how long has this specific piece of legislation, this $15 billion tax increase, how long has this $15 billion tax increase been…

Just confirming for the record, Madam Speaker, that once again this liberal leadership of the Congress is shutting out the American public, utterly untransparent, denying the American taxpayers the ability to read and see the legislation…

My concern, if I could focus on the transparency of the process, these wonderful new technology tools... this is a $15 billion tax increase, Mr. Chairman, and my concern is that it was not posted on the Internet for the public to read but…

In a time of war we as a Nation have never given constitutional rights to foreign national, enemy soldiers certainly captures overseas.

This is where the disconnect between this Administration and your mind set is so completely opposite that of where the vast majority of the American people are.

We are at war, and you don't seem to recognize that we are at war just as though we were at war with the Germans in World War II.

My constituents are very concerned about this new Administration's direction in attempting to impose gun control.

But it is clearly your position and the position of this Administration that you believe on a case by case basis, and your tendency would be to grant constitutional rights to enemy soldiers captured on foreign battlefields.

We are at war, you cannot treat these people, this is not a war on crime, this is a war on terrorists.

the approach of the Department of Justice and the Obama Administration is that this is a law enforcement action that in this war on terror is in fundamentally a law enforcement action like the war on crime, and it is not.