Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, children are our greatest resource in this country. As citizens, as legislators, as parents and grandparents, it's our job to keep them safe, to be vigilant about…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Scott and Chairman Conyers and also the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff) for sponsoring this legislation and also want to thank Mr. Schiff for not just this piece of legislation but other pieces…

Madam Speaker, the Sonoran Pronghorn antelope is in danger of extinction, so government ``envirocrats'' have prohibited Border Patrol from entering some wildlife areas on the range where the antelope play in Arizona. The antelope…

Madam Speaker, it's summertime, and families are having their summer vacations. They're taking their kids throughout the fruited plain in the United States to visit our historical Nation. But I bring you sad news. Our Federal Government…

Will the gentleman yield? That's exactly what will occur is not only energy costs, but we also must remember that this deepwater drilling and the crude oil that comes from the deep water produces millions of other products besides just…

Mr. Speaker, the American people are opposed to the administration's ban on deepwater drilling. Almost three-quarters of American people, 73 percent, say the ban is not necessary. But in spite of the will of most Americans, in spite of two…

Madam Speaker, it's with great pride but a heavy heart that I honor a fallen son of Texas tonight, a United States Army soldier from my Second Congressional District. Staff Sergeant Jesse Ainsworth gave his life fighting terrorists on a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We all represent an area of the State of Texas that is dramatically impacted by the oil and gas industry. And having a district on the Gulf Coast representing about 20 percent of the Nation's oil…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As you know, Mr. Brady, Port Arthur, especially Port Arthur, Texas, is a refinery town; but it has high unemployment. The whole area has high unemployment for a lot of reasons. One reason, of course, is…

Mr. Speaker, I received a letter from a really mad Cajun named Timmy Bergeron. He is from Houma, Louisiana, and runs an oil-related drilling business. Timmy's letter is to the President and says, ``I am terribly troubled that after…

Madam Speaker, I bring you news from the third front. We have the first front in the war in Afghanistan, the second front is the war in Iraq, and the third front is the border with our neighbors to the south--Mexico. We are finally…