Today I rise to speak on the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010. This legislation will preserve and enhance one of Texas' most historic regions. Additionally, it will provide for a new education…

The ongoing Deepwater Horizon crisis in the Gulf is an unfortunate wake-up call not only to oil production safety, but to the safety of the Nation's vast oil and gas pipeline system.

Integrity management appears to be working well, but I will be interested in learning whether all of our panelists today agree.

Call before you dig can mean the difference of life or death.

I'm concerned that regulations might not be uniform.

I wish to talk about the oilspill that is absorbing so much of the time and attention of our country. There is a minor point, one that I think needs to be addressed right now, and that is the Jones Act. The Jones Act was put in place in…

But, I'm trying to go beyond just Southwest, and beyond just worrying about the big airlines.

Is there, then, a market that has been created that would give consumers options from JetBlue, from other smaller airlines?

I remain concerned about the ramifications to the employees at Continental and, of course, to the Houston hub, that is the main hub now.

Do you foresee any changes in your very strong hub to Latin America that would switch to other places?

I was one on the front lines fighting for Continental to keep their incredibly good legacy pension plan.

I think it is so important that our Senate say to the American people that we know the debt being created in this country is unsupportable. Our bailouts have skyrocketed, our spending, our borrowing, now taxing--it is more than the…