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The President's new strategy still recognizes the criticality of a broad-based approach to regional problems.

It validates our adherence to a counterinsurgency approach.

This is a problem that one could characterize only as a Rubik's Cube on steroids.

No amount of troops in no amount of time will ever be enough to completely achieve success in such a fight.

I also agree with the need for accountability in trying to achieve some of these national policy objectives that we establish.

I would also like to thank you very much for coming here today to listen to the concerns of both the Chesapeake and the Gulf of Mexico.

I have no objection, Mr. Chairman. I would like to follow up on that.

I, for one, believe that we need to have the full involvement of our States and local communities in environmental protection.

How do you foresee the Gulf of Mexico Program working with the new ocean policy that is contemplated there?

I want to compliment you for your hard work on these issues and on this legislation.

I cannot be supportive of a massive Federal expansion of EPA's authority, which poses serious consequences for agriculture and local development.

Whether it's new energy taxes from cap-and-trade legislation or more unfunded environmental mandates, it's clear that this bill is yet one more raw deal for rural America.

My problem is that we continue, in different contexts, to hear positive support with regard to nuclear.

This massive energy tax is a job killer for States that produce the red, white and blue energy that our Nation relies upon.

Why are you trying to jam this legislation through committee when it is unlikely we will move legislation or that a treaty will be ratified this year?

I predict that if we rush this bill through committee without a considered, thoughtful amendment process, we will have a similar result.

This just shows the importance of us being able to have the time to know what is in the bill and to vet it adequately.

I wish that the legislation gave the Secretary of Agriculture a greater role.