the first and foremost responsibility of the Federal Government is to provide for the common defense.
Congress needs to be able to justify to the American people that our border is tangibly more secure as a result of that spending.
The Federal agencies are to cooperate with the counties. Not collaborate. Not coordinate. Cooperate.
I would also like to point out that under NEPA, when counties are consulted, the word that is used in NEPA is they are to 'cooperate' with t...
Could any of you answer why does the Forest Service want to take these water rights away from the private owners?
If it is President Obama, on the other hand, we will have to suffer under this legislation.
I would say that competition is able to do that. The Government is only capable of either spending money wildly.
I have no way of backing that up. HHS has not conducted any actuarial estimate prior to releasing the savings estimate.
If it is Mitt Romney, then all of this collapses, and it probably collapses by next August when the Act is repealed.
It is increasingly likely that we have no idea who is going to be the president next year.
I'm also interested in hearing about the aspects of No Child Left Behind that today's panelists think should be retained as we move forward.
the statement Senator Enzi made was that No Child Left Behind was ineffective, and I certainly have to agree with that.
I encourage my colleagues to work together to improve this bill if we truly plan to move the legislation to the president's desk.
We want to know whether we're developing fixes to the problems that have been identified.
Last month's markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was a major step forward in the reauthorization process, which has been st...
Well, I think this follows up, Madam Chairman, the things that Mr. Stokes was talking about.
There doesn't seem to me, at least, there is no more over there and over here. We're all interwound, interlinked and it's of great concern.
I was very impressed with your information about what's happened since October 31, when the President did his Executive order.
