You've spoken very bluntly from the very beginning from your opening statement all the way through this time.

I think it is going to pay huge dividends and on a lot of professional athletes moving down the road.

I think that is a great asset that you have.

The USDA Small Watershed Program changed the face of western Oklahoma and when it did . . . it also changed our future.

I introduced legislation to rehabilitate many of our watershed projects through the Small Watershed Rehabilitation Act.

I am confident that a modest investment now will pay off greatly over the next 70 years, across rural America.

By the end of 2017, nearly 5,500 structures will have reached the end of their intended life-span.

I encourage you to support and provide adequate funding for new watershed projects and for the rehabilitation of aging watershed dams.

Maintaining and updating these structures is often unaffordable for the communities that have benefited from the P.L. 83-566 program.

frustrate[s] Congress' ability to fulfill its constitutional duty to perform oversight of the executive branch.

I have always agreed with what you have done. I am just glad you are willing to continue doing this.

I have worked with both Annie Caputo and Susan Bodine for many, many years.

Let me just say that I appreciate the fact that I can say some things about two of my favorite people.

We have had problems in the past with that.

It is not all about the structures. You talked about in Georgia, it is about managing the land above that.

I think people realize that this kind of resistance to nuclear energy that has been out there has been overcome to a great extent.

By reporting her quickly, it is our hope that we can expedite her confirmation through the full Senate so that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not lose its quorum.

We have been blessed that we had some Federal dollars for rehab in Oklahoma, thanks to Congressman Lucas, in the 2014 Farm Bill.