we need to balance environmental protection with concern for how decisions affect the economy.

We need to balance the environmental protection with concern over how decisions affect the economy and the people who run this great machine called America.

What is good for the East Coast is not necessarily good for the rest of the United States.

I would just like to ask if you would give just the same full attention to that particular--completing that Superfund, the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma as we have had up to this date.

First of all, I have had the honor of visiting with each of these nominees. I see one problem and that is everyone is from the same area of the Country.

Unfortunately, I don't see this kind of regional diversity at the Obama EPA.

This whole issue of force, this predates this freeze, of forced relocations is really interesting.

To me, that would tell me where to work, because if there is a correlation, you don't need to be spending your time in Minnesota or Iowa, where we know we have lower costs and better outcomes.

Making Medicare an even less attractive model for nationalized health care is that the program is rife with fraud, waste, and abuse.

What I am afraid is we are going to be 3 years behind on the recovery audits and we are going to be taking money from people that may or may not deserve it.

As our Nation prepares for a historic debate over the direction of health care policy, hearings on waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid are vitally important.

If, in fact, you defraud the Federal Government, consequently, there ought to be a harsh penalty for that.

According to some estimates, the annual amount of fraudulent payments made by Medicare approaches $60 billion.

Using less to do more is a fundamental economic principle that American industry has practiced with great success.

I never believed that an All-Volunteer Force could do what these guys are doing over there.

Our job is to deal you a better hand.

I look forward to drafting and passing a climate change bill this year. Let's get started.

Time is not on our side. The scientific community consistently warns us that the longer we wait to take aggressive action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the steeper the climb will be to meet our targets.