our National Labs--which are the crown jewels of our Nation's research system--are active in efforts to promote cybersecurity.

I very much appreciate your answer, but it is very, very difficult, I think, to have a transparent debate about secret programs approved by a secret court issuing secret court orders based on secret interpretations of the law.

I am concerned that the President's fiscal year 2014 budget request has a substantial reduction for the hazardous fuels program.

I think it's so vital that we've heard for years that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We need to do it.

I will also be on the doorstep of the Air Force if this doesn't happen as quickly as it needs to happen.

I have a hard time, as I've said, understanding why OMB would propose cutting a program that aims to reduce the severity of fires by removing the fuel source.

I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for the timeliness of this.

I want to suggest to the Chairman that we ask the OMB to come and have this kind of a conversation.

I just hate to see us taking money out of hazardous fuel reduction, out of ecosystem restoration, out of... proactive fire management in order to fund the very real need that we need to respond to, an urgent fire situation now.

Your point is so important we are going to stay at this until we turn OMB around on the question of how important prevention is and carrying out the FLAME Act.

I'm just very worried about the funding in our rural communities.

I think you've seen a number of letters from Governors and many participant State land commissioners, and others trying to urge you to find a way, and let's try to make sure that in our rural counties we're able to keep the schools there.

We are going to need navigators and assisters and outreach and education efforts to facilitate enrollment to the highest degree.

I might argue with you that the benefits under the Affordable Care Act are not more robust for a Native American community.

if you don't do this outreach, people don't know.

I am stymied that so far in this hearing we are more concerned about background checks and those qualifications for people who would be navigators and outreach specialists, than we are for people who would, today, buy a firearm.

Mr. President, I have been watching today as various speakers have come to the floor. I want to join in the outrage about what has happened at the IRS, the idea that the IRS would pick specific groups and target them. In this case…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. IRS Rules