It is my hope this Subcommittee can explore robust solutions to assist pork producers in these tough economic conditions.

Policies which force a decrease in production would have a devastating effect on our economy just as it struggles to recover.

I would like to work with him to try and co-sponsor something that says unless the Indians exempt themselves, that mineral valuations between non-Indian and Indian mineral royalties will be the same.

I do have serious concerns with the proposed legislation, the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534).

H.R. 3534 creates new levels of bureaucracy which inevitably will slow new American energy.

You and I certainly have a passion to make sure that our veterans are properly respected and taken care of.

Well, I think it's a devastating blow.

I question why the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service stopped managing the overgrowth of trees.

Today's discussion must give attention to the need for better forest management.

I am also concerned that the legislation would prompt... a shift of America's manufacturing and agricultural production to other countries, such as China and India and Brazil, that would not be bound by similar restrictions.

Are you going to move on from there?

Clearly, we need a bold, new energy vision for America.

Simply by shifting this production overseas, it would likely result in no net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and we may actually contribute to an increase inadvertently.

I do have serious concerns about this approach and its effectiveness in potentially achieving meaningful emissions reductions.

Will you oppose a cow tax or similar fee based upon livestock emissions?

I fear that this approach is unworkable in practice and would not achieve the desired outcome of protecting the environment by reducing emissions.

Our national economy... should be encouraging a revitalization of the manufacturing sector, not placing unwelcome signs at its doorstep.

I do have serious concerns about the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) and its effectiveness in achieving meaningful emissions reductions.