The HEARTH Act will allow tribes to exercise greater control over their land, and eliminate the bureaucratic delays that stand in the way of homeownership in tribal communities.

So if we are locked into the road of cap and trade, then I implore you to construct a system that is simple and transparent.

I have been a forceful advocate over time for a carbon charge approach, as opposed to cap and trade.

If you enter into trying to establish a mortgage for a house, and you can secure financing that is, you know 5 percent or 5.5, and by the time everything has its I's dotted and its T's crossed mortgages are 8.25 percent, that is…

I think that really gets to the heart of why this issue is important.

I think that, you know, when that is going well, I think BIA deserves credit for making that a priority.

Would you say that amending how we deal with long-term leasing, particularly with respect to this legislation, would be much more consistent with self-determination as a policy?

It is crucial that any such proposal be entirely optional to Indian tribes, and to determine whether they wish to participate in such an initiative.

In speaking with tribal housing officials from across New Mexico, one concern that they shared with me is that families are having to move off reservations if they want to buy a home because of the difficulty of the process.

One of the issues I wanted to touch on is that for home buyers on non-trust land, buyers can get their title and mortgage documentation finalized oftentimes within about 48 hours.

I believe several serious questions should be addressed before TSA deploys WBI machines more widely.

The Transportation Security Administration has the difficult task of ensuring both security and the free movement of people and goods.

Does it make sense to spend more than $100,000 per WBI machine for a technology that we already know can be circumvented?

No single technology is a cure-all for aviation security.

Addressing the issue of climate change will require major transformation of our energy sectors.

Yes. The Energy Information Administration, in our analysis, also incorporated most of the provisions related to energy efficiency that were in the H.R. 2454, and they do provide a cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions…

My State of New Hampshire is part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that is already involved in a program to address carbon reductions among our utilities.

A key uncertainty is how the models handle the recession and recovery.