Ladies and gentlemen, I join you today to share an amusing note that one of my constituents posted on Facebook recently. He said: I carved my pumpkin, and it was snowing outside. Today, I dyed Easter eggs, and it's snowing outside…

So if the Canadians, the Bostonians, and the Swiss who worked this up to help in other countries decided that it might be helpful in rural parts of the United States, they would have to come to you first, and instead of costing $8, it…

In regard to the questions, the list of examples that Mr. Waxman listed out, while the FDA does not currently have any plans, do you believe that the FDA could if it so chose to do so regulate those examples down the road if it had a…

It would be ill-advised for our country to completely eliminate coal as an energy source in light of the fact that we have the world's greatest supply of coal.

It is always better to have multiple sources available to supply the electricity for the American citizen, isn't that true?

I think that Mr. Dingell's comments in regard to the circumstances are always changing is one of the reasons that I feel so strongly that we ought not to throw coal out, or treat coal as if it were a bad word, because long-term, we know we…

At that point, coal does become competitive again. And then the question becomes, you know, who wants to use it and are they going to be allowed to use it by regulations?

one of the problems that they are having is, they feel like these independent contractors are taking the money and saying wait a minute, we are not going to release this unless you go through the process, push it to the end, and then if…

Well, let us just say you are at the right place to get those legal restrictions changed, and if you need something that helps catch the bad guys but makes it easier on the health care providers, we would be glad to oblige.

I would say, I don't come from a medical background. I was a country lawyer, and most of the time when people lose, if it is close, they don't appeal, and I understand that.

if we can't get it straightened out, we may have to look at a different system because that is not fair to the medical providers.