What you have done is open up the discussion and the opportunity for us now to get this committee to not only deal with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but all of these other agencies.

I would like to see a breakdown about how much, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, other urban areas, what they are really going to be looking at doing

I think we not only have a potential of seeing what our forestry service is experiencing, our State forestry services are experiencing with cuts but eventually there is going to be a huge labor shortage

I share the Chair's optimistic view that we will not go back there again.

I am trying to understand some of the budget correlations.

Attitudes are shifting in China in part because of what we have done.

We cannot limit our activities to the Great Lakes. We need to look into the Ohio River, into the Mississippi River basin.

I look forward to seeing a breakdown in the pilots on this new landscape program.

I want to take a second and thank all the people who work in the Park Service

The more I delve into some of the work that U.S. Fish and Wildlife does, the Park Service does, USGS does...

I think it pays to be proactive and to be prepared.

food security is a basic human right, and recognized by the United Nations, and affirmed by the United States in the international covenant of civil and political rights

a comprehensive and scientifically proven mitigation and monitoring plan must be developed to provide oversight for Arctic industry activities that could impact our food security, way of life, and health of our peoples

I think we can all agree, letting natural gas just be burned off is something that future generations, will look back and say what were you folks thinking when energy is going to become scarcer as generations go on.

I do not doubt your sincerity for a second, I truly do not.

if we do not have a formalized process, if we do not have something that is written on paper that is implemented, there is very little security.

We are not here to be judge and jury, but we are here to investigate.

Those people who are involved in the utility business tell us explicitly that they cannot build a new coal-fired plant and meet these emission standards.