My concern is if something is working real well, I don't want to change it.

I support adequate funding for the Partners Program, but I am concerned that the funding Congress provides may be controlled by a political agenda.

I believe all conservation programs should create positive incentives to protect species and above all should hold the rights of private landowners sacred.

I appreciate you have been there for a long time, so you have worked in these programs, and that helps us out a little bit up here.

And that is exactly what we experienced in 2005 in our hearing. Because, you know, I think you would agree with me, landowners want to do this.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would really like to first-hand get updated on what you are doing there in Edmond, Oklahoma, at your school.

It is very unusual, Debbie, that we have the witness coming back. And so it shows that we hold you in a very high regard.

I mentioned that I was concerned that several millions of dollars have been newly designated for 'assistance in response to climate change.'

Well, yes, if it is rapidly changing, and that is my point.

What was the indication for the trading--why would you short Bear Stearns after they had just bought $300 million worth of Timberwolf from you?

The tone set by that, if I worked for Goldman Sachs, I would be real worried that somebody has made a decision that he is going to be a whipping boy.

No institution should be too big to fail or have to burden the public with the cost of its failure or being saved.

$700 billion got allocated of taxpayer money to solve systemic risk problems, of which you were the beneficiary both directly and indirectly of a portion of that.

Do you have any thoughts on the fact that this bill doesn't address underlying core problems like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

The answer to that is absolutely no. Nobody is going to believe they have the capability to do that.

their existing function is they take over and immediately sell the assets and they don't run things, correct?

Systemic risk and the fact that it was there created the necessary program for us to eliminate that systemic risk.