I think that if Thomas Jefferson had just dropped back into this body, he would think he was Alice in Wonderland because when he wrote the wonderful ``Jefferson Manual of Parliamentary Procedure,'' he made it very clear that we had two…

Thank you, And I appreciate that. I'm not sure about phenom, but I'm very appreciative to be on the Energy and Commerce Committee. We have a lot of issues in my district. For those of you who are watching this who aren't familiar with my…

I hear my colleagues speaking about what will pass. Let me tell you that the Boiler MACT provisions of this bill would pass the Senate if only they were allowed to get a vote. Forty-one members of the Democrat Party voted for Boiler MACT…

I ask everyone here and across the Nation to pray for those individuals at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, who are currently dealing with the shootings that took place there today and the two people who, regrettably, have passed…

Ladies and gentlemen of the House, I rise today, as we approach Veterans Day, to honor Corporal Joshua ``J.B.'' Kerns. Corporal Kerns, from Ararat, Virginia, in Patrick County, served in the United States Marine Corps in the 2nd Combat…

On rollcall 816 I intended to vote ``yea.'' However, my return to the Chamber from a funeral that I was attending was delayed by an unexpected traffic problem. ____________________

Ladies and gentlemen of the House, I rise today with concern, concern about an incident that occurred at the United States penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia, in the Ninth District. This incident occurred Friday night, and the only good…

I think it is regulating farm dust.

I have been concerned about a number of EPA regulations related to similar things like what happens when you raise the cost of electricity and the people my district can't afford to heat their homes.

I would say to the gentlelady that the bill says there's to be a 5-year period. It can be extended, but there has to be a conclusion at some point. The bill calls for that. But the administrator of the EPA, and unless we assume that the…

Thank goodness, ladies and gentlemen, we don't have to check our common sense at the door and rely on the EPA to be the pinnacle of common sense and reason in this body. We are asked what sources do we have, and you heard the gentleman…

I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. I appreciate this opportunity to carry this important legislation, which will protect jobs not only in the Ninth District of Virginia, but across…

I would have to rise in opposition to the amendment. I agree with many of the comments that were made in regard to everybody trying to be reasonable and work some things out on this, but one of the concerns that I have and the reason that…

I listened to the gentlelady with interest. And, of course, it's easy to sit in Washington and whatever group you may be with and say this group is wrong or that group is wrong, and everybody can trot out their experts. But, ladies and…

President Obama is President Bush on steroids.

I discovered a 1970 law that says when we take horses off Federal lands, we can't humanely euthanize them.

We have got to take a look at the role of government.

I think our country needs us working together to find every penny that we can find that would help with our national debt and deficit situation.

I thought that is what reauthorization was, that if you ran out of authorization, that was a sunset.

I have learned here, at least what I have been told, is that if we have a law on the books as a result of these rules, we have to fund that whether we have the money or not.

The American people deserve to know the answers to a lot of questions. After all, it is their money we are talking about.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, I knew that I was going to speak on this important legislation, and I tried to find the words that I would use this evening. And while I was attempting to do that, I came across a letter to…

I would like to introduce into the record the following letters in support of H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011.

When you face extensive unemployment in the regions that I have just mentioned... these are serious matters.

But I am correct that that reconsideration process has actually been objected to by certain groups and the courts. Is that not true?