I think both the Fed Chairman and the Treasury Secretary have been doing good work trying to get us out of here.

I think we have just seen 20 years of leverage piling up on our system and lack of attention to that that has led to the destruction of... our economy.

We are going to see companies that can make anhydrous ammonia out of corncobs and reduce our reliance on petroleum.

I would argue that what we are seeing is one of the most significant, if not the most significant, investment in new opportunities in rural America that we have seen in a long, long time.

The innovation history of agriculture is one of America's success stories, and I think with this we will see a continuation of that.

From my perspective anyway, if we are going to be able to assure that another generation of Coloradans are able to farm or one after that, we need some answer to this question on how to reserve our water resources.

Thank you both for taking the time to come to Washington, DC, on behalf of the causes and projects that you hold dear.

I think that is what you are speaking to here as well, that although you would like to think maybe that the two environments are segregated or separated, actually they are linked.

On behalf of American Rivers' 65,000 members and supporters across the nation, thank you for holding a hearing on legislation that will designate outstanding rivers in Oregon and Washington as National Wild and Scenic Rivers.

The history is fascinating and one that will be well served if we do, in fact, set aside Camp Hale.

The Subcommittee on National Parks will come to order.

It is time to modernize, it is time to make hard choices and it is time for the Federal government to reengage in full partnership with the 21st century water system for the State of California.

I am proposing, one, to limit the amount of deposits a single institution can take, which right now is 10 percent.

I do not believe that, and I think that the investment banking community is all about risk.

I just would underscore what you have heard today, which is that the visibility and the urgency with which the issues in New York and Wall Street were addressed needs to not come in first in this race of urgency, because our homeowners are…

I candidly believe that we have a potential flood of foreclosures waiting in the wings.

I have exhausted my savings, had to disburse my 401(k) to pay bills and attempt to save my house.

I am wondering, as this gets ramped up, whether there is some way we can work with lenders to forestall some of these foreclosures.