Ralph Hall: “Our national debt a year ago was just over $14 trillion dollars. Our debt today is nearly $15.4 trillion dollars.”

I think we can be energy independent in this country, and I think it is a goal we should pursue.

I support the bill's overall thrust. I support telling the President that we don't agree with him on crossing the State on the international boundary because of the influence that this amount of money and jobs would mean to all of us.

We need to be aware of it and abreast of it and never forget it and looking at it every day, but we need to be reasonable about what we have to spend with no help from people that ought to be assisting us.

Probably other than 'prayer,' it is the most important word in the dictionary for young people.