I want to just comment and touch on the human rights issue.

I think we all recognize that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is important to us and a useful resource for Congress as we move forward to work together to reform the Medicare program, to make sure that it is there for generations…

We see this as a pretty serious problem, as you might guess, in our area of the country.

I also want to congratulate fellow Ways and Means Committee member Dr. Charles Boustany on his bipartisan legislation to address evasion and underpayment of antidumping and countervailing duties.

Number one, we all agree we want to be energy independent. Number two, that means getting off Mideastern oil and not being dependent upon that as our source.

This tax credit is absolutely vital to the continued growth and development of Tribal communities.

I am proud to be a part of the ongoing effort and work that our committee, the Ways and Means Committee, is doing on comprehensive tax reform.

I do agree with the gentleman that 'all of the above' is really the answer to not only economic security but to national security.

Not permanent, moving toward the future, and encouraging these new sciences and new technologies, I think, is a benefit to everyone who lives in this great country.

As an outspoken critic of our nation's dependence on foreign oil, I ask for an extension of the renewable energy production tax credit.

Even before we start to talk about jobs, you have to talk about the national security.