If that rural dust is produced by farm machinery, that could have harmful impact, couldn't it?

The Clean Air Act doesn't regulate dust. The Clean Air Act regulates harmful pollutants, and in this case, we are talking about two kinds of pollutants.

I wonder if you could address the issue of fairness?

You will keep the committee posted so we know what we can do, because this is an emerging technology that is really important in getting our economy going.

Our American businesses and our renewable energy industry is going to do nothing but suffer under the weight of this very unfair and weighted practice.

the default rates are going down; at least that is my understanding.

I was disappointed that Secretary Panetta did not disavow the Defense Business Board proposal.

I was, however, very pleased at General Dempsey's statement before the House Armed Services Committee.

the price of military retirement, the price of military benefits, is really part of the cost of fighting a war

Is it fair that that person, who may have been deployed once and stays to retirement is eligible for a lifetime benefit, while an individual who may have multiple deployments in a combat theater does not stay 20 years, that person walks…

Changes to the personnel compensation programs, including the retirement system, often strikes fear in the force.

I was pleased that the Secretary understood the morale problem that had been created by the Defense Business Board.

We simply cannot betray the trust of the service members who have performed with such courage and expertise in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I am very concerned about whether or not H.R. 3010 would rewrite the Administrative Procedure Act and change the way that all United States agency rulemaking is conducted for the sole purpose of making it nearly impossible for any agency…

We believe we have answered all the questions.

I would like to very much request that the Committee take one more look at the bill and see if we have addressed everything we have attempted to.

My bill, the Beauty Mountain bill, is an attempt not to abuse, but in fact to, if you will, try to perfect what is already in place.

My bill attempts to make it clear that this is a public access.