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So, without objection, since no one is listening to me, it is part of the record.

So what do you predict would happen if concessionaires were required to take all passes?

Are there any standards that the agency has determined that these land managers at the local level use to determine whether they are going to collect fees or not?

I want to personally thank Representative Raul Ruiz for his leadership on this bill.

But to obtain these benefits our Federal land managing agencies must stop thinking they are like the Sheriff of Nottingham whose job it was to keep people from entering the King's Forest.

America's vast system of public lands can, if managed wisely, provide our country with a great abundance of outdoor recreation, wildlife habitat, energy, minerals timber and food.

Have you done any analysis on how much revenue is lost on these days?

How is this relationship 'normalized' when our Ambassador was murdered in Benghazi 18 months ago?

Why is the Administration proposing to lift a 30-year ban on Libyans coming to the US to train as nuclear scientists now?

I don't think bringing people in to train them on nuclear sciences when they have no nuclear power plants is where we would start.

I think it would be prudent to allow public comment and to allow the public notice, and then public comment and to better inform Congress of what you are trying to do.

I think they are overstating the security situation in Benghazi and Libya.

I see no urgency to try to get this through, particularly as it relates to the nuclear sciences.

This place is falling apart, and we are over here trying to figure out how to get more Libyans into the United States to be trained on nuclear sciences.

Like who actually wakes up in this country and says, this will be in the best interest of the United States of America; let's teach the Libyan nationals about nuclear sciences? That makes no sense to me. None.

How is this relationship normalized when our Ambassador was murdered in Benghazi 18 months ago and not one single solitary person has been arrested, prosecuted or brought to justice?

I think there is a moral responsibility. And before we actually have to deal with legislation...give the money back.

I still think in your budget we spend too much on administration and not enough getting the money to the ground.