Small communities simply cannot afford these loans; in fact, that is one of the real problems we have.
They just have fewer people amongst whom to split up the costs, and so it is more per homeowner.
And why OMB looks at the Forest Service and says that and does not say it in some other area is of concern.
What is important to us with this regulatory procedure is that the EPA follow what we call around here 'regular order.'
I applaud your efforts in that area.
And no matter what rules you put in place, somebody is going to violate those. If you are a crook, you are a crook.
I hear this from Forest Service employees quite frankly all over the country that have talked to me and their concern of the morale.
Well, what bothers me a little bit about this is if you only give 60 percent of the fixed costs, you are effectively setting policy.
Our common goal is to establish credible, sustainable wildfire budgets without decimating non-fire-related programs.
And we lose a lot of children by not interacting with them appropriately in the first 3 years of their development.
Somehow we have to get the message out to the public. And that is when Congress will respond.
Chairman Dicks has been a champion in this regard, and I thank him for his leadership.
I have always said, and I am a big supporter of education and math and science and all that, I know it is important, but when we do that at ...
Science must be the compass guiding our environmental protection decisions; we cannot make the best decisions unless we have confidence in t...
Our primary Federal investment ought to be in financial and technical assistance to citizens, landowners, small businesses, communities, Sta...
I would also humbly and respectfully encourage you to embrace collaboration as the agency moves forward.
I am also puzzled by the fact that the capital improvement and maintenance portion of your budget is slated to receive an additional $50 mil...
Mr. Panetta held up well under my withering cross-examination and answered all the questions I had very well.
