The cost of inaction on mining reform has been too great already.

You are doing the right thing, Secretary Jewell, and I want to work with you to enact common-sense reforms.

I am very supportive of the department's efforts to develop new rules related to methane venting and flaring.

We have to get serious about cleaning up abandoned mines.

I believe we won't get there unless we develop some kind of 'Marshall Plan' for Native youth that fully funds infrastructure needs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Price, in your testimony you mentioned how helpful NRCS is and that the personnel there are an incredible resource for ranchers.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to the panel. We really appreciate your level of expertise and participation in these hearings so that we can better navigate, as a Committee, how we support you and support USDA to make a difference.

This is exactly what I want to hear, although I would encourage you to work with all Federal agencies...

I really appreciate that, and I am hoping for the same kind of environment on looking at ways to use our agro-ecosystems to capture atmospheric carbon.

Ms. Lujan Grisham, as you mentioned with the acequias, I am very happy to point out one of the examples of a project we already have rolling out here is the Acequias De Las Joyas.

Your experience makes a difference, and if there are things that come to you, that is very helpful to us.

I have also heard that some producers may get a grant, so they might be smaller and still manage to get a grant, but because there is no technical assistance components to those grants, it can be very difficult for them to successfully…

Frankly, as I am preaching to the choir, I am sure farmers and ranchers are the backbone of conservation in America.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The way I understand perpetuity, that is forever, right? That is perpetuity.

What has the Russian response been to the $3.4 billion European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) in the FY17 budget request?