Unfortunately, her absence speaks volumes about lack of transparency.

The irony of that to me is this: That we have already determined that we have these rural schools that will struggle to connect.

the wolves are an important element in the ecological balance.

I was interested in knowing if you could talk about the goals of that program and how many new NCI community oncology research programs, projects you might expect to find.

Unfortunately, while this Subcommittee took a leadership role in approving the establishment of these two agencies, as well as providing the fiscal resources for the Department of the Interior's reorganization of its OCS management…

Without a consistent commitment to funding our premiere medical research agency, the future of biomedical research in the United States is in jeopardy.

On April 20 we will mark the fourth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster.

Some of my Texas friends that rail and rail about taxpayer subsidies I would hope would be aware of that.

But I think there is a consensus growing that this has to be dealt with, and it cannot be dealt with as we have been budgeting in the past.

we are not going to create the sacrificial areas on the Mall, not with how important it is

I do think it provides more political support for the Forest Service around the country than would otherwise be the case.

I cannot imagine the outcome for this request would be different this year.

I think it is important for us to know if our Alzheimer's research funding is on track.

I obviously have a particular interest in seismic testing in the Atlantic.

the oil and gas industry is sitting on 7,000 approved permits to drill. They are just not using them.

I have obviously been critical of BP for some of the laxity, and the expedient decisions that were made.

We learned a terrible lesson as a Nation from that tragedy about the over-reliance on technology, the complacency of operations, and the laxity of regulation.

I have no forests in my district, but we have people who are desperate to be able to get out into open space.