The Administration also agrees with the BRC that a linkage between opening an interim storage facility and progress toward a repository is important so that states and communities that consent to hosting a consolidated interim storage…

I think concern on both sides of the aisle, something that touches communities throughout the Intermountain West.

I want to take a moment and just thank you for your articulation of what multiple use means because I think it showed a real understanding of our public lands that is all too rare.

As you draft the next budget, I urge you to reverse the painful cuts to education programs.

Our budget priorities must reflect our priorities for safe and healthy communities, which requires the resources to combat and treat substance abuse.

We must protect research and development as these drive our long-term security and prosperity.

These cuts to education funding are cuts to our nation's long-term future.

There are smarter and more balanced ways to achieve deficit reduction without placing this burden on the backs of those who need help.

That is why I urge the members of this committee to come together with a focus on the concerns that are most pressing in the lives of the people we are honored to represent.

Most alarmingly, the past two House budgets have asked seniors and the less fortunate to shoulder the largest burdens of deficit reduction.

Veterans will suffer because they are not protected by the proposed cuts to healthcare.

I also want to highlight the unprecedented cut to Indian Health Services, which was permanently authorized by the Affordable Care Act.

Medicare is going to suffer $11 billion in cuts due to sequestration, in addition to plans that turn Medicare into a voucher program and block grants Medicaid to states this is exactly the wrong approaches.

Cutting Medicare and Medicaid will put additional financial pressure on millions of family caregivers and threatens their short-term and long-term financial security.

Although the economy continues to recover, it has been far too slow in creating jobs.

These cuts and proposed changes will have a devastating effect in my district and on each of those providers I mentioned who will lose critical funding in FY13 and FY14, translating into further loss of jobs and lifesaving medical cuts for…

We cannot afford to wait that long, and the millions of individuals and families in need of a job can't wait either.

I believe we need to strengthen and invest in critical infrastructure like the health care system as a key way to create jobs here at home and to protect our most vulnerable citizens.