We should hold other hearings on how to best improve abandoned mine lands and how to streamline the permitting process.
Today's hearing will help us explore what else the federal government can do to promote energy efficiency in buildings.
Today we are meeting for the first of what I hope will be several hearings on mining in America.
Due to these financial constraints, they are faced with tough choices, such as delaying retirement.
I look forward to bridging the divide and working with the members of the Committee on both sides of the aisle to address policies that will...
The volatility and uncertainty of these distressed economic times have left people fearful of losing their jobs, their homes and their life ...
We must work together to find solutions that will benefit our aging population.
It is purely the consequence of the loss of liquidity in the market.
It would seem that if there were a way to create an environment, some sort of backstop of some kind to be able to get these governments in a...
But the other side of the coin is that private property rights must also mean that landowners should be free to sell or lease their land to ...
Can you give us some thoughts about how to ensure that the right level of rigor is applied to make sure that we really are valuing these ass...
Every private property rights advocate would agree that a landowner must be protected from unreasonable takings of their land against their ...
I think that is a problem.
I think that when one has to wait for a process that lasts 31 years to get an answer, that it is too long.
I am a strong supporter of the principle of tribal self-determination and will work to fully enable tribal self-governance.
The Nation's First Americans are going to have a place at the table under President Obama's Administration.
I will also seek to resolve the unending litigation about the management of these lands and assets.
I am committed to restoring the integrity of the government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes.
