I think the role of the Federal Government, is the Federal Reserve has been working with the European Central Bank, has been helpful in avoi...
The Federal Reserve cannot do a great deal more. I think they have been very helpful.
The regional Federal bank presidents are picked by bankers. It is an extraordinary power that the FOMC has, and I think everyone agrees.
I think that has reflected well on what they have done and again, suggestions that there was something untoward going on haven't been proven...
Both bills we are considering today will significantly weaken, or outright destroy these benefits.
Is undermining a bedrock law the right tone for us to set, especially if it threatens domestic timber industries?
Since 2008, illegal logging has been reduced by as much as 25 percent worldwide.
The RELIEF Act and FOCUS Act would undermine these successes.
If a tree is illegally cut down in a forest and made into a guitar, do we make a sound about it?
We know that slash and burn techniques are destroying the Amazon, and now many are saying we should also burn through international forests ...
It has helped to stop illegal trade in timber, wildlife, and other natural resources.
The amendments were needed because the American forest products industry was losing over $1 billion a year to people who cheat.
It is entirely legitimate to have contending groups with different views, and there is clearly a major party difference in that those of us ...
It would be a mistake to have those big serious cuts, go into effect in this economy.
This jobs report is unadulterated bad news for American workers.
I hope there might be agreement on this point. The Congress, and the president, the president signed off on this, agreed that there would be...
The real issue to me now is, given these -- the fact that we're drifting, we have no policy and everybody's sort of waiting until after the ...
Well, with all due respect, President Obama had a democratic Congress when he arrived in Washington. He passed a stimulus bill which is a bi...
