Thank you, Mr. Middleton, for being here today to testify and more importantly for your longstanding leadership to make ...
I appreciate your optimism about the passage of the health care bill. As a wise man once said, we will see.
How are we going to build ships?
Let me just conclude by saying it somewhat reminds me of what we around here always do when we want to save some money: ...
How are we going to address the backlog in that arena and others if we have reduced personnel?
In this day and age of 24-hour news and increasing tensions in the world over limited resources, I believe we need more ...
Is there anything that Congress or the Administration can do to speed up the process to access that oil and natural gas ...
Both the Democratic Senators from Virginia and the Governor of Virginia, a Republican, both support offshore drilling of...
We appropriated a million dollars to address the backlog in grazing permits.
If someone sues the BLM over a grazing permit, and it goes through all the court procedures, and a settlement is made, B...
This has a direct, demonstrable effect on local economies.
I went down to the Smithsonian the other day--and have any of you seen the art collection down there;
To me, it is not only wonderful for the arts, but it is wonderful for the economies of every community that we bring it ...
The American taxpayer looks at it as their tax dollars. They don't care if it goes to the NEA, the local people, or who ...
The Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, doesn't view the Department of Transportation just as an engineering and ro...
During the course of a very busy day, you had the opportunity to see firsthand the value of the arts in rural Idaho.
I have little doubt that the collective we will have the foresight to address these and other items in a responsible fas...
I look forward to working with you to try to advance the arts in this country. You do an important job.
