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Historic preservation is very important. Otherwise, we are going to wake up and find out that we do not have it anymore.

I think most of us on this committee had taken very serious view of trying to address the backlog maintenance.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and following up on what the Chairman said, as I told you, most of my constituents that come out here, the one thing I hear the first time they have been here is their disappointment in the Mall.

You are absolutely right.

The problem with the Antiquities Act--and I appreciate your statement saying that you will seek local input and government input on this.

Tom served the public trust and the people of Idaho well, and he will be greatly missed.

I question the wisdom of the administration proposing additional fees on onshore and offshore oil producers.

If we could replace the desire to litigate with the desire to collaborate, there is no limit to the challenges we could overcome.

Somehow we must find a way to overcome the legal and regulatory roadblocks that are consistently thrown up in the path leading to our domestic energy independence.

We in Congress need to make sure also that we, between our subcommittees, are working together.

I think it would be good because these two are intimately intertwined in what we do.

I think that we have to be smart about how we use whatever construction dollars are available.

It just seems to me like it makes sense that we could create some regional detention facilities.

I think this is perhaps an area where I have an opportunity to make the greatest contribution.

It has been a pleasure to work with Norm. He has been a great Chairman.

I would like to point out is, you received a letter from the Idaho delegation urging you to reconsider decreasing the discount for seniors and the disabled people.

I don't know why you think roadless is so hard. You know, I only worked on it once, and it was tremendously successful.

America can't go on the way it is spending money. It's going to be more severe, I think, in future years.