Pete Olson

I am stunned that it has been decades since America has made a commitment to real, new nuclear power. We should be ashamed of that.

It's not a matter of 'if,' but 'when' the next storm will hit.

Elected officials like us work to ensure the Federal Government is using resources wisely so communities are prepared when disaster strikes.

It is not a matter of if, but when the next hurricane will hit my home.

This is not just an economic boon for America; it is a diplomacy boon, a freedom boon for America.

Everybody here that September 11th is not just a day to remember what happened 18 years ago in New York, in DC, and Pennsylvania; 7 years ago in Benghazi, four Americans were killed, Ambassador Smith and three others, they were overrun by…

God bless Texas.

We aren't just powering America, we are now powering the entire world.

I ask this Subcommittee to fully fund the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and put the highest priority on projects which have the biggest impact on our U.S. economy.

American taxpayers and future generations deserve honest accounting, not more gimmicks that attempt to paper over our huge and unsustainable deficits.

Balancing a budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what it takes to get there.

Medicare for all destroys Medicare as we know it. It ensures a rapid bankruptcy, meaning Medicare for none.

If my family has to have a balanced budget, if my business has to have a balanced budget, if my local city government has to have a balanced budget, if my state government has to have a balanced budget, why in the heck does D.C. not have…

Our seniors know that expanding membership to Medicare, their exclusive program for their last years of lives, will lead to lower quality of care and less access to care.

This bill is important for me because I represent the most diverse district in America, Texas-22.

I represent the most diverse district in America, Texas-22. ... I want everybody, regardless of creed or religion or race, to have a good, high-paying job in the energy sector.

Sadly, instead of working together as neighbors and friends and solve this problem once and for all, we keep going down this road over and over and over.

It doesn't matter if a Democrat is in the White House, a Republican in the White House, a Democrat Speaker, or Republican Speaker. We fight, fight, and we fight and do nothing about net neutrality.

We have so much in common--so much common ground. For example, the title of this hearing, Preserving an Open Internet for Consumers--yes. Small business--yes--and free speech--double yes.

The most precious, lifesaving commodity in a disaster is information.

The solution is between you and President Donald Trump. You work at his pleasure and that is pure and simple.

They want that freedom, that independence, and right now we can do that.

Thank you for making EPA what it should have been, an agency in D.C. that works with local governments.

Slavery for sex and labor. It is ugly, offensive, but it is real.