Well, that is exactly where I wanted to go because you used the term the reasonableness of compensation to the insurance companies that sell and service most of the NFIP policies.

Affordability has to be a policy priority.

Do you agree that the IRS workers who owe taxes should not be getting performance-related awards?

public trust in the IRS is most important, their most important asset.

I have introduced a bill, No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act, to help you restore the public trust in the IRS.

But I think the goal should be that where we can save money we should save money.

But everywhere we can reduce those administrative costs or the costs that the insurance companies are charging for either servicing or the commissions that they receive, we make the program more stable.

We must work to maintain the user-based system.

I thank Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Hatch for holding this hearing.

Highway infrastructure is a critical component of our Nation's economy and our quality of life.

We should preserve investment levels and not increase the overall tax burden on taxpayers.

A bipartisan solution to this problem is the only way forward.

The Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) represents a dramatic expansion of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority under the Clean Water Act and threatens State and local land use authority throughout the country.

The policy questions and potential solutions related to Conowingo Dam, environmental concerns, and energy production are important and deserve the subcommittee's attention.

At the same time, we must recognize that environmental policies and programs related to the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere must be based on sound science and law and accomplished in a manner which does not jeopardize the livelihoods of hard…

Let me thank my Ranking Member, Senator Murkowski, for agreeing to this hearing as well because I know it's a concern to her.

I really want to begin by thanking Senator Al Franken and Senator Tammy Baldwin for bringing this issue to the attention of this committee.

For years I have been very supportive of the Charter Schools Program (CSP), and thus was disappointed that the administration level-funded the Charter Schools Program in its fiscal year 2015 budget.