I want to thank you for including a number of bills that have been in the works involving New Mexico for a number of years now.

FLTFA is an excellent model for public land management that supports conservation goals as well as economic development.

One of the things that I think attracted people like Congressman Bishop and Congresswoman Lomas and others to the FLTFA model... is the idea of quality to over quantity.

I am writing in support of S. 312, the Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act.

That designation, I think, was an incredible recognition of the community's work in Northern New Mexico.

I am writing in support of S.312, Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act.

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The scientific community broadly supports the next Mars mission as well, as demonstrated by its top ranking in the National Research Council's Decadal Survey.

I think it should be priority, and I appreciate your saying that.

I think we should be learning from those experiences in the cases that you cite.

President Obama made it very clear in his speech--I believe it was in Australia--that sequestration would have no impact on the commitment we have to strengthen our security commitments in Asia.

It seems to me that that region is going to be looking at that conference to judge the sincerity of the United States rebalancing strategy as far as security issues in Asia.

It is very clear that this administration is committed to the rebalance in Asia, meaning a stronger U.S. presence in that region on security issues.

we need to, at the Presidential level and the Congress, make it clear to Beijing that that bipartisan consensus in American foreign policy continues

This hearing will deal with the defense and security challenges in the East Asia-Pacific region.

It is reasonable for us to insist upon mechanisms to improve good governance as the price of admission for a military-to-military operation.

the United States has long been a Pacific power and I think it is critical that we continue to strengthen our existing alliances with Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and we help these partners also strengthen their relationships to…