If we want to maintain our leadership and standing in technology and innovation and the jobs that will come with it, we can't afford to continue to cut our research budgets.

The Endangered Species Act... has gone in the directions that many of us would not like to see it today.

We need to get the feasibility studies complete so we can then determine the cost feasibility.

Raising Shasta is a good project. Temperance Flat I think has merit.

Global climate change, though, is one of the greatest challenges that we face.

If we don't take steps to halt this change, the repercussions for humans and the environment will be catastrophic.

I have repeatedly said that I am for an 'all of the above' approach to energy production as we transition to clean energy technologies.

the consequences of our inaction will be far more severe.

I would hope, though, Mr. McConnell, that you could comment on something I think you and I may agree upon, which is that sequestration has affected our ability to make necessary investments in technology when it comes to carbon capture…

If we are going to agree on what our deficits are... wet water is wet water.

the broadest reasonable interpretation standard should apply to what has already been invented.

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges that we face.

We must take steps to ensure that we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lessening their impact on human health, the environment, and the global climate.

I think our Federal Government, our Federal land managers, should always be good neighbors.

Thank you very much.

Just in that single watershed, 30 potential sites. So suitable geological sites are not in short supply.

Well, should an economically viable water project not pay for itself?

Western irrigated agriculture is a strategic national resource, and the role of the Federal Government in the 21st century should be to protect and enhance that resource.