Vice President Biden acknowledged Administration officials were too optimistic earlier this year.
So that is another clear concern that we hope we can address in the Senate version.
The Waxman-Markey bill is designed to make fossil fuel use more expensive.
I mean, I worry about western ranchers whose operations are heavily dependent on the use of Federal lands.
The Waxman-Markey bill may create green jobs. It may even create green jobs in the agriculture sector.
The Administration says the Waxman-Markey bill will create millions of new jobs.
What are farmers and ranchers across the country supposed to think of this logic?
Well, since the passage of that bill, unemployment has reached 9.5 percent.
But this Waxman-Markey bill also costs jobs, and Americans want all jobs, not just some.
Do you think this bill can be perfected to the point where energy and input costs would be beneficial to farmers and ran...
The statute requires the agency manage, and I'll quote, 'A combination of balanced and diverse resource uses...'
there is criticism out there of the existing fish and wildlife framework and that it utilizes a dirty list
How can we use the existing authorities, which the USDA already has and the Fish and Wildlife Service has, to address so...
I am very pleased that we are going to be here today discussing invasive species and the impact on native wildlife.
We have concerns.
This represents a clear and present threat to public land users, to communities, and to homeowners.
What can the U.S. Fish and Wildlife do to support a State effort to tackle this threat, short of adopting some sweeping ...
Many of the proposals that address the threat of invasive species suggest that, aside from those few species that are ex...
