So you have some reservoir of understanding, expertise on this. I see.
It does underscore the need to have this coordinated meeting of the three subcommittees.
It seems to me it does provide a fairly profound change in terms of the accessibility, the availability and the cost and...
Chairman Norm Dicks has done just a wonderful job with the Interior Committee.
I want to associate myself with Chairman Dicks' perspective on the endangered species.
Thank you, Mr. Hinchey, and that is encouraging information.
I am, with him, a great admirer of these tribal wildlife grants. They have been very successful.
I do think it is appropriate to mention that the committee has concerns with $30 million for land acquisition.
Unless we get congressional approval of the Cobell settlement, it essentially could blow up in our very hands.
Thank you very much.
Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to devel...
I am not sure we are planning on building a bridge to England from Virginia.
I think if the Smithsonian had been doing its job, if it had been a more inclusive institution in the beginning...
The problem is that it is $3.4 billion, and the Office of Management and Budget has decided it will not give it emergenc...
Terrific point.
Mr. Dicks was such a stalwart supporter of our environment that he really has established quite a legacy.
You mentioned that you are an international institution.
I find it inappropriate, frankly, and taking up an awful lot of space.