we've got to move from a 180-day school year to maybe a 200-day school year

We cannot have everything owned by the Federal Government.

This is something that is critically important.

And thank you, Chairman Nelson and Senator Hutchison, for those strong statements on the NASA budget.

I think very strongly that the future for the Park Service is going to be in partnerships.

As you know, my State of New Mexico has enormous potential for solar power development, I think, in the United States, only second to Arizona.

We have some challenges associated with how categorical exclusions are evaluated.

the areas to be studied are those suitable and feasible for inclusion and not the entire island.

I ask that you support the bill for passage.

Women's rights are human rights.

We need to reduce hazardous fuels, particularly where wildfire poses real risks to water storage projects, transmission lines.

I defy anyone's assertion that women's empowerment should take a back seat to any other so-called more important priorities.

In my district, tribal communities continue to struggle for access to clean drinking water, and rural communities face challenges in developing waste water treatment infrastructure.

Thank you for introducing S. 2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act (CES) of 2012 and for your continued leadership on clean energy issues.

I want to extend a thank you to the Forest Service for working in Colorado in response to the call I put forth to allow mutual cancelation of some timber sale contracts.

Under President Barack Obama, production is up.

Losing so many lives on the Costa Concordia is devastating and unacceptable.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. And I want to thank you for bringing us together with all of our tribal leaders and all of our witnesses today.