Kevin Brady

I think we probably produce about 30 percent. Much of the specialty oil is for jet fuel and a number of our fuels.

Already, Diamond Offshore's announced that the first rig is leaving the United States for Egypt. They are already leaving, planning to leave others for West Africa, the Middle East, Brazil, and those points. And as they made the point…

You have communities that stretch from the suburbs of Houston over to southeast Texas, which has some of the highest unemployment rates in the State of Texas. These are the workers tied to these companies. Can you describe how…

The answer is none. Maybe the big guys can, but most companies cannot. So at a time when we have almost 10 percent unemployment, people are desperately looking for work, here we have a White House policy that puts at risk 150,000…

Today's report is more disappointing news for American workers and their families.

I think we are going to see some real impacts from that going forward in the future months.

I will, though, take comfort in telling our workers and small businesses in the Gulf Coast who will lose their jobs, are losing their jobs and losing their businesses due to the drilling moratorium, that they are, quote, 'a small price to…

They hold the super-majority in the House, the Senate, and they hold the White House.

this recovery certainly is not consistent with the recovery of 1981 and 1982, where job growth and unemployment were again three times better than the Obama recovery.

And now with the drilling, trying to reinstate a drilling moratorium, they are intent on turning an environmental catastrophe into an economic catastrophe.

I can't believe you just said a bright spot is that the unemployment rate fell. Do you realize that is because 652,000 Americans gave up looking for work?

The Obama Administration themselves approved British Petroleum's operational waivers on the wells.

They have failed to support our Gulf Coast governors and local communities in protecting the marshes and beaches.

I do think it is the policies of Washington that is holding this recovery back.

What is frustrating I think is that this Congress, Democrat Congress, has had control over MMS that oversees the Gulf for three years and done nothing to reform it.

There are almost 50,000 jobs directly related to those rigs in the Gulf Coast in the deep-water area.

So if next month another 600,000 people give up looking for work, should we organize some parade to cheer it?

Yesterday, China and Taiwan signed the free trade agreement to open up markets, create jobs and strengthen their economies. You have to ask yourself, if these two bitter political rivals can work together to boost their economies, why…

Mr. Coiner said his goal in life is to make sure he helps leave a country that is better for his grandchildren than the one that his parents bequeathed to him. They are, like all of us, so worried about the deep debt this country is…

I appreciate and applaud the leadership of Mr. Camp on job-creating issues in this Congress. My friend from Washington is correct; there are no excuses on this bill. Democrat leadership has known for months that this would run out for…

I want to congratulate the Colombian people and President-elect Santos on a successful and democratic election. Madam Speaker, I would like to enter into the Record this editorial from The Washington Post calling on the administration and…

Sadly, this isn't a jobs bill. This is pork barrel spending wrapped in tax increases and dipped in debt to China, and the way it treats our local doctors, like beggars, is just shameful. Continuing to tax and spend like we are Greece is…

the Obama Administration is 7.4 million payroll jobs short of its fourth quarter promises.

the cost of paying for inefficient and misdirected government programs through deficit spending will remain a debt burden on our children and grandchildren.

While today's report on the April employment situation shows continued progress, we need to keep our eye on the most important thing: Creating jobs, jobs, jobs.