The Nation is broke. We cannot afford to be wasting money on improperly orders of priorities like global warming studies.

The fact is that NMFS wants to increase the cost of the project to protect a fish that has not been within 70 miles of the dams in over 100 years.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Mr. Schwaab, thanks for being here today.

the largest single contributor to the 2010 electoral campaign was actually SEIU, AFL-CIO. They boast about how much they contribute.

the rescinding of the changes that were put into place for transparency reasons, does it--will it hamper the ability of us to determine where political donations have been made by union organizations?

my major focus in the Congress is job creation

the policies that are currently in place and the ongoing policy positions, specifically related to regulations that we currently have in regards to the administration, are detrimental to job creation.

I have a great deal of respect for the workers and their ability to hold their unions accountable.

Ninety-nine percent of the funds go to Democratic candidates, who are in favor of bills such as the Employee Free Choice Act, the Paycheck Fairness Act, the cap-and-trade energy tax, the new Obama health care law--all of which reduce jobs…

Thank you very much for what you do at Los Alamos National Lab in encouraging the opening of those doors.

I think that is just ridiculous as we talk about this notion of an economic recovery.

I think it is important to note that if we stop $31 billion in taxpayer subsidies over the next few years...

I applaud your suggestion. The national laboratories are the 'last frontier,' with respect to technology transfer.

I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman, and, Governor Graves, thank you very much for being here as well, sir.

We need to accelerate the time lag between research/discovery and commercialization.

Now the Administration has requested $5.5 billion for NOAA for Fiscal Year 2012.

I will tell you that, without this, businesses are hurting. They cannot sign contracts without knowing whether their workers will be available.

Last December, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano wrote to Natural Resources Chairman, Nick Rahall, Senators Bingaman and Akaka, and myself, saying that she expected to publish a transitional worker rule implementing Public Law 110-229…