This action results in a total waste of taxpayer dollars and is an outright slap in the face to those hard working employees.

the States are having to live with the consequences of the Federal Government not doing its job.

the Administration is making a very concerted effort to diminish those funds, put them down to a point where they are starting to approach zero.

illegal immigration truly is the fault of the Federal Government, isn't that correct?

The report and recommendations taken as a whole clearly map out a new strategy for Federal, regional, and State ocean resource management that I strongly support.

It is neither logical nor responsible for the Federal government to own and manage surplus lands.

I can tell you that maintaining and protecting access to the lakeshore is absolutely vital as a part of that economy.

This is an important hearing.

It enjoys broad public support in Michigan and especially locally.

That is one of the problems that we have down there.

The federal government owns a disproportionate amount of land and is seemingly doing little to reverse the trend.

That was just viewed as completely unacceptable.

The road to this piece of legislation has not been an easy one.

Locking-up lands throughout the West has the potential to restrict access for energy production, recreation, and other job-creating activities.

The current land disposal and exchange system is broken.

Federal land ownership is a heated, but critical, topic in my home state of Utah, and I appreciate the Committee for holding a hearing and advancing this dialogue.

I think there are a number of features in the Massachusetts plan that could inform Washington on ways to improve health care for all Americans.

You talked about magnets. You put in place a magnet to draw illegals into the state, which was giving $100,000 of tuition credit to illegals that come into this country, and then you have states -- the big states of illegal immigrants are…