I hope this budget will maintain the 98 percent initial attack fire suppression success that you produced in the past.

There is no question that we have good seasons and bad ones for elk hunting but this ranch, if in the hands of the private sector, would yield far more money

I find this troubling and will have a number of questions about the fire preparedness.

It don't hunt.

I am very hopeful that you will fully implement your predecessor's plan to reduce the costs of the Washington office and the regional offices by 25 percent.

At that time, you committed to getting us some concepts in legislative language regarding this issue.

What would you think about it?

But, you know, we have never made it available to the public to express their support, in terms of space bonds.

NASA has an important role to play in helping this Nation expand its technological edge and conducting exciting exploration into the heavens.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Director, I was struck by some of the information in your testimony, as well as the prepared testimony, with regard to risk-sharing.

The administration consistently sends up proposals that are about a half or less of what we had agreed.

I think we'll see again, that Republicans are not going to embrace your land sales proposal and I hope that you'll be interested in looking at other approaches.

I think the first thing I'd say, if you are philosophically opposed to that, that it's just incomprehensible that you'd even contemplate such a proposal.

We felt very strongly that it was very important to get $760 million because we wanted to do prevention.

I'd like to hear your answer to how those numbers add up to $760 million.

I think it is an important milestone, so my congratulations to you.

Thank you very much, Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Domenici, for holding this hearing.

This budget cuts funding for recreation management by 9% (a 12% cut in region two).