If the EPA were here, they'd be able to directly refute the dual implications of this hearing: that they are somehow opp...
the real war on mining and jobs is currently being waged by the House Republican Majority through their misguided shutdo...
It is hard to argue with a straight face that somehow the EPA or this administration is carrying out a, quote, regulator...
I appreciate the fact that we are meeting today in the midst of a government shutdown.
H.R. 3189, legislation introduced by Rep. Tipton, touches at the heart of these issues.
The EPA is right to be doing their watershed assessment, they're right to be taking a close look at mining impacts, and ...
So it really seems like the path we are on right now is equivalent to creating a huge tax on the American economy, one t...
Isn't it possible that in the name of reducing the deficit, this path could actually increase the deficit by decreasing ...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I really hope this point gets through to all of the colleagues on Capitol Hill of how this impacts ordinary working fami...
And so this, of course, is something that I appeal to the committee's genuine sense of fairness...
But those activities cost money. Implementing the Healthy Forest Restoration Act...requires congressional appropriation.
I don't believe that we are going to go down the path of suspending all laws and judicial review to do the salvage, but ...
I am disgusted with what the Park Service is doing, especially when I contrast it to what I think this new Secretary of ...
The Chief wants to go in, do a thorough survey of the damage, plot the whole mosaic of the burn.
I have considerable experience with dealing with salvage.
But none of these things are happening right now thanks to this illogical, irresponsible, completely unnecessary Governm...
There is common ground between Democrats and Republicans on this committee about the need for restoration to make our fo...
