"Over the last 24 hours we have heard the proclamations, or proclaiming of a cyber war, cyber threats of major proportion in the next 2 years."
"I look forward to a productive discussion on how we can be certain the Forest Service is doing everything within reason to produce a stronger rural America."
"opening statement"
"Good morning, everyone. This hearing of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry to discuss the National Forest management and its impacts on rural economies and communities, will come t..."
"Forestry plays an important role in the rural economy. The forest product industry employs almost 900,000 people across the country not including jobs directly supporting the industry, and in 2012, th..."
"These communities rely on us to be good stewards of these Federal lands. The people who live in those communities depend on well-managed National Forests to foster jobs and economic opportunity."
"I'm also concerned about the administration's rhetoric regarding the strategic importance of the region."
"I believe that one of our pathways to success is whether or not we can convince these individuals, whether they are benign, whether they happen to be in the category of cerebral persons who want to be..."
"Obamacare has multiple, detrimental effects on American workers."
"As a result of Obamacare, however, we are doing exactly the opposite."
"The Affordable Care Act attempts to do is increase access to the millions of uninsured Americans while slowing the growth of health care."
"I believe that the mandate helps put smaller businesses on a more competitive footing with large firms."
"I advocated and pushed forward the Affordable Care Act because I strongly believed that as health care costs were skyrocketing, American families and businesses simply couldn't continue to bear that w..."
"I strongly believe that these efforts to repeal not only employer mandate, but the whole bill are misguided."
"Instead of expanding coverage and lowering costs, the President's health care law has pushed greater costs onto the backs of consumers."
"In today's sluggish economy, with depressed wages, and millions of Americans who simply cannot find work, the federal government should be encouraging businesses to grow and expand and hire more peopl..."
"Spiraling escalating cost and depreciating the quality of coverage might end."
"Employers in several Districts cited the unknown effects of the Affordable Care Act as reasons for planned layoffs and reluctance to hire more staff."
