I just love when Americans, ordinary Americans do extraordinary things, and for both of your sons and the others that were involved, we can never forget their service.

For Al Jazeera to have it a month almost before us is just not acceptable.

I think all of us agree this is an important issue.

Thank you, Dr. Broun, for holding this important hearing.

I would like to look forward to concentrate on what we can do to mitigate some of these concerns.

The writing is on the wall, and our current trajectory is unacceptable.

I think this has been perhaps in the making for a little bit longer than that.

I think we all agree that it is a mess.

It should be alarming that we may be in a position to have to rely on international partners for weather data.

I was an Air Force pilot for 14 years. I flew one of the most sophisticated weapons systems ever built.

Western management is extremely significant to that.

The increase in patent filings that Senator Sessions mentioned has really created an enormous burden on that court.

I would like to thank Senator Coons and Senator Leahy for introducing Senate bill 1385, the Federal Judgeship Act of 2013.

The existing process to consolidate trust lands is broken.

The lack of additional judgeships, combined with significant growth in the caseload, has created enormous difficulties for many courts across the Nation.

Successful land management strategies can only be achieved when land management agencies, stakeholders, and elected officials work together.

If our fast-track effort is taking a half-a-decade we realize that something is terribly wrong with the system.

Appraisals, as we all know, are very subjective.