But what has happened? Let's just talk about one side at a time.

Mr. Speaker, gasoline is nearly $4 a gallon. Meanwhile, the administration seems to have a deliberate crusade against the U.S. energy industry and domestic energy independence. Even before Steven Chu became Energy Secretary he said…

It seems to me that China operates under two systems, legalized theft and just old-fashioned theft.

I agree with the ranking member, Mr. Sherman, that we ought to look at the most favored nation status that we bequeathed on China.

Mr. Speaker, the lone survivor, the last doughboy of World War I, Frank Buckles, has died at the age of 110. This photograph of Frank Buckles was taken when he was 16 years of age. He lied to numerous recruiters so he could join the United…

Mr. Speaker, the pirates are back. These are not the Blackbeard, eye-patched, hook-for-a-hand, peg-legged kind of pirates from the Hollywood movies. The modern-day pirates are skilled, rich, violent, armed with automatic weapons, and are…

It's their legalized theft and their sort of old-fashioned stealing.

Mr. Speaker, there are thousands of foreign criminals in the United States prisons. Up to 19 percent of our jails house criminal aliens. These do not include immigration violations either. They have been convicted of everything from rape…

Mr. Speaker, ``Houses were shut tight, and cloth wedged around doors and windows, but the dust came in so thinly that it could not be seen in the air, and it settled like pollen on the chairs and tables, on the dishes.'' Ma and Pa Joad did…

Mr. Speaker, last Thursday was just a normal day in Houston, Texas. Seven families left their babies at Jackie's Childcare, and went along to work just as they did every day. A daycare is supposed to be a place where parents trust…

Mr. Speaker, the border war continues, and there is no end in sight. This week, President Calderon of Mexico is coming back to Washington D.C. He is going to meet with our President. It will be interesting to see if he continues to blame…