Steve Stockman

I think this is a very important area in which, as you know, could cause confrontation among many countries and the observations you made are important and I think that United States needs to be, I think, more aggressive in its posture.

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I attended this young man's funeral and started hearing stories about him, and one of the things that was really moving was that he lost his mother when he was 12. He…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Stockman

My colleague from Ohio, whom I have for many years admired, if that is accurate, then it shouldn't be a problem supporting it if it doesn't have any impact on the bill. I believe it does. From what I understand, it would be germane, but…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Yoho

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: SEC.___. OFFSHORE DRILLING PERMITS. No funds made available…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: SEC.___. ENERGY LOAN PROGRAM. No funds made available by this…

I respect my colleague, and I think he has some valid points; however, we repeat this mistake over and over again when we invest in failed projects that continually end up costing the taxpayers money and then we end up selling it to a…

We have seen, as you get on the plane you fly into San Jose, Madam Chairman, as you fly and drive south, you will see a huge building which was built with taxpayer money. This building is known as Solyndra, and the assets that were…

There is oversight. I would argue that there is oversight on the permits such as off the coast of Texas in which we have been developing it, and there has been, I feel, unfair interference. I think to send a signal to the Department that…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. None of the funds made available by this Act…

We are pulling out of Afghanistan. We are chopping up billions and billions of dollars of equipment into little tiny pieces. At the same time, our government is purchasing military equipment for our allies. This is a terrible waste of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. (a) None of the funds made available by this…

With the ever-expanding territorial claims by China and our allies in the areas of Philippines, Japan, and South Korea, I think this amendment would not violate the rules. All it says is that we shouldn't spend money helping Chinese to…

Currently, right now we have a situation in which some of the countries which we deal with militarily are restricting the rare earth metals--and particularly China. They are asking that we build our sensitive equipment in their country in…

What we don't appreciate is a small collective of people to impose their will by force on others.

Twenty-five years ago in Tiananmen Square, they built a Statue of Liberty.

We want to see real action, and we want to call it--we want to call it what it is.

We have a gentleman, if you want to call him a gentleman, who is committing genocide in a country.

I have to tell you, when I first got elected, it was none other than Kent Hance who came down. I was a young guy, and he gave me a lot of advice, but I knew him before he knew me because Ronald Reagan was in trouble, and Kent Hance stepped…

I just want the boot off the neck of the Americans so we can see a future where we have independence from the Middle East.

I am really frustrated that we have so much opportunity in this country, and again, and again, and again, it comes back to your administration.

the Chinese Government would have greater respect from the people if they respected the people.