Ultimately it's not serious in any way as proposed legislation, but it's very serious with regard to what the committee's real alternatives are, ... The chairman is actively working to make sure that it's ANWR -- and (the Arctic refuge) alone.

This legislation removes the unfair barriers that currently hinder the ability of battered immigrants to escape domestic violence safely and prosecute their abusers.

They're trying to up the ante. And the legislation is trying to up the ante. The maximum punishments have been increased from two years to five years less a day.

This document was intended to illustrate not just for leadership but for members of the House that the chairman feels we have no choice but to open (the refuge),

I'm sure the Pentagon has on the shelf plans to invade Canada or Mexico, but they don't have any plans to do so, ... It's very safe to say the chairman has no interest in, and no intention of, introducing legislation that would sell national parks.

Everybody has the same goal – I find that of particular value, ... I’ve learned a lot myself.