This has been a frustrating process from start to finish.

We see those, as many of my colleagues here have said, as the cheapest, the quickest, and the cleanest way to address the economic and security threats.

It is disingenuous for anyone to say that this committee has not done its work of oversight.

From its very inception, this law was bad and remains bad for America. It was written in secret down at the White House. Now our committee has exposed all the secret deals that went on literally 3 years ago this month that led to the…

wouldn't the President have liked to have another 10,000 jobs a week ago Friday? That's a yes or no question. I'll answer for you: Yes, he would.

So the EPA needs to quit slow walking, and you don't need legislative action.

if it's there, it should be administered fairly to all concerned.

serious and urgent mean serious and urgent. You got people who are hurting here.

Today The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram carried stories that only 31 percent of Texas doctors are accepting new patients who rely on Medicaid. In 2010, the last time the survey was taken, it was 42 percent. In the…

My concern in my part of the world is that, if this is not done carefully, it certainly could have a very negative impact on the economy.

Well, you may understand that some of us are concerned about the fact that things tend to get larger than the original intention.

Here is the problem. It was a simple line in the FAA reauthorization bill. We were all happy when we reauthorized the FAA. It hadn't been done in some 26 attempts--``the dog ate my homework,'' we got IOUs and extensions on the FAA. But…