Were there some recommendations that were more controversial than others among the stakeholders?

Is it your view that there are unique features, unique aspects, of energy sector water usage that are of particular concern or is it more just that people are concerned about the quantity of it or that it's there?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Water supply has been and always will be a contentious and challenging issue in the American West.

We need to thin the forests, and we can do so in a manner that is sustainable, responsible, protects wildlife habitat and watersheds, and puts people to work and supports local economies at the same time.

Thank you, Mr. Gosar.

This painful status quo is simply unacceptable.

We can't control the weather, we can't control sparks that fly here and there, but what we can control are the fuel loads that are now doubling every 3 years on public lands.

This is not anti-environment, it is simply a common-sense approach that is needed.

the status quo is simply not acceptable. We have to come up with a different way of doing what we are doing.

I appreciate that very much. I am going to have to do a break here.

The current system is unsustainable, socially, economically, and ecologically.

what we really need is, first of all, the authorization in legislation to allow you to make those transfers.

the budget is still down by 30 percent, as proposed

As many of you know, over the past several years both Chairman Baucus and I have called for permanent repeal of SGR.

No one who is familiar with the DC Circuit's current caseload can honestly say that the court is overworked or that it is in need of an additional judge, let alone two or three additional judges, as the administration has been suggesting.

On July 27, 2006, a number of my Democratic colleagues, including several current Members of this Committee, signed a letter arguing that an additional nominee to the DC Circuit 'should under no circumstances be considered must less…

Based on that objection and despite Peter Keisler's stellar record and the fact that he had really broad-based bipartisan support throughout the legal profession, Democrats in the Senate blocked his nomination to the DC Circuit.