The cost to meet the proposed regulations is expected to be in the hundreds of thousands and will have a devastating impact to the community mental health industry overall.

I would have been thrilled that this was in place when I came to the Department.

I believe collecting extensive data on the effects of marijuana and other drugs on a young person's brain will help us finally appreciate the harm these substances can do over time.

it is indeed a great pleasure to have you here today.

Well, thank you very much, Dr. Collins. Let me begin by thanking you and your colleagues for not only your appearance here today, but obviously, your accessibility to all of us when we have questions.

This is not simple stuff--and I get that a lot of people are not engaged in this--but it matters because it involves billions of Federal tax dollars.

we have tried to codify that, and the Administration has fought vehemently against us

But, we do not know, we do not have a measurable result yet so that we know it is going to work.

Thank you to all of you for the work that you are doing and the dedication that you put to this.

it does seem odd to say that at times we are getting, 'We have to have this in law to be able to hold it,' and at other times hearing, 'Do not put that in law. We want the flexibility.'

Why would the next group step in and change it? Has there been a history of something changing just when we get something good going?

So, help me to understand what you gain by that, because right now--we talked about before, and I heard that testimony before, that, at times, we are not getting good supervision--it is not being enforced on this.

Is it a concern that, regardless of who the next President is--and I will not get into parties.

If you had the same leadership in place that you have now, let us say for the next 5 years...

Sixty to one.

Move quicker. This is something we are going to try to get the Corps to do on a couple of areas.

We are back on schedule to pass a Water Resources Development Act every two years.

But it was considered to be a new activity.