Let me repeat that: at high risk for waste, fraud, and abuse; precisely the kinds of issues that this committee should be focused on.

I think this hearing should focus on the thousands of leases for millions of acres of Federal land and water that oil and gas companies are sitting on, but not producing on.

BLM processing time has decreased. In fact, in 2006 it took 127 days; in 2011 it now takes 71 days.

We need environmental policies that are based on the best science, not ideology.

I commend President Obama for recognizing this through his administration's significant efforts to educate consumers about fraud.

I want to take this opportunity to urge you to do everything you can to control carbon pollution.

These cuts are irrational. They will going to hinder efforts to protect Americans from radiation after a terrorist attack or disaster.

According to the FBI, older Americans possess certain characteristics that make them attractive targets for fraudulent activity.

This hearing is supposed to focus on the President's fiscal year 2014 budget request for the EPA.

I want to take this opportunity to urge you, Mr. Perciasepe, to do everything you can to control carbon pollution.

Will the Agency still have to significantly reduce inspections and other compliance and enforcement activities?

EPA is making our air safer to breathe and our water safer to drink.

We need to spend the money. We need to make the commitment.

Imagine getting an email from a dear friend that she had gotten mugged while on vacation, that her cash and credit cards were taken at gunpoint, and she needs you to wire money so that she can pay her hotel bill.

Fraud against the elderly is a very serious crime with the potential for severe harm, including lost retirement funds, ruined credit, and an emotional toll on victims and their families that is not easy to overcome.

I think it is fair to say that some compliance will go undetected.

I think we can agree that international collaboration has served our country well, and I for one want to emphasize the role that scientists of Asian and Middle Eastern descent have played at our National Laboratories.

It is just, you know, we need to do that.