I certainly believe it is. It simply says that if you make above median income, you do not automatically get the right to wipe out all your debts in bankruptcy.

Well, in effect, what happens is if you talk to a lawyer and they say you are going to file bankruptcy...

I have another honor, that of introducing and supporting another fellow Coloradan, Tom Strickland, to be the next Assistant Secretary for----

I'm particularly pleased to support that nomination of Tom Strickland for Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks because he's had a long, long history of activism on behalf of protecting our national and State parks and public…

Credit can be a double-edged sword. It can be both a boon and a curse.

I am open to improving that, and I do not want to use up too much of my time.

Why do I know that Tom Strickland will be an excellent Assistant Secretary of the Interior? He has an exceptional track record of leadership.

We have to protect the integrity of the staff judgments and try to insulate the Commission from political or economic pressures.

Does kind of this story give us any sense of insight into the role of the Commissioners, the pressure they are under to keep plants operating?

At the end of the day, the public's greatest safeguard in this area lies in the process of the appointment of Commissioners.

I think sometimes people think that the oversight that is getting done by Congress is done at these hearings.

I understand that the Fish and Wildlife Service has a longstanding position that Recovery Plans are guidance and are only advisory in nature.

I understand the ESA requires that decisions to exclude areas from critical habitat be based on a case-by-case determination that the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of inclusion in a particular case.

How about the whole issue of the nuclear waste that we are generating, and the fact that we continue to have it located in dry and wet storage, and people are concerned about that all over the Country?

If confirmed, I will work with Congress, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and partners to investigate other incentives to engage more land owners in natural resource conservation.

We will now look at the specific language of that bill. I know it was one of the specific areas of conflict (in the legislation). Can't let the perfect be the enemy of what's already a very spectacular bill. We will now look at the…

In terms of, you know, terrorist attack, you hear that. Oh my goodness, if something happens there that, you know, we will have calamity.

If I were somebody out there today, I would invest in solar and wind power because of the subsidies that are coming out of the Federal Government in that regard.