It doesn't matter whether the U.S. mails were late. It doesn't matter if the BLM personnel put the wrong time and date stamp on it.

I write on behalf of Trout Unlimited (TU) and its 140,000 members to express our strong support for S. 1788, the Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 2011.

I too stand today to pay recognition to a friend, a colleague, and truly a woman who brings a smile to my face. Because for as many years as she has served her State of Maryland, for as many years as she has served in the Halls of…

The legislation clarifies the cure provisions already in law apply to the failure to timely file a small miner claim maintenance fee waiver.

I do agree with Congressman Young when he said that this bill will do more than just transfer land.

I hope that this committee would show some understanding here because the current practice by BLM, I don't think, is fair.

Small miners were going to get some pretty simple due process and have a chance to fix their mistakes before they lost their mining claims.

A lot of small things have, I think, profound impact on men and women that are trying to make things happen.

I look forward to working with the Senate Energy Committee to move this legislation forward.

We are talking about safety here.

There are some very legitimate concerns that come from this type of an approach.

TSA, in order to be effective, needs to have a one-size-fits-all approach.

I appreciate that you have gone there yourself, and would be curious in your impression, in terms of the quality of what we're doing in Alaska, in terms of the training.

I know that the folks in Alaska recognize, again, not only the strategic advantage that is gained there, but some of the training opportunities that we have.

As important as it is, when we talk about our military equipment and the infrastructure needs, I think we recognize that it always come back to the individual, to the human being.

I am hopeful and would certainly encourage the Army to revisit its decision to retire the C-23.

As you may know, I am working to address that because I'm not certain that we do have the sufficient tools.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

So the question that we're wondering in Alaska is you've got this push by Fish and Wildlife to move forward a new land management plan for ANWR that may very well result in a recommendation for additional wilderness created there within…

I look forward to hearing how each of them will undertake those jobs if ultimately confirmed.

We depend on the FERC to make sure that our electricity supply stays reliable and affordable.

We count on the Department of the Interior to manage our public lands and to facilitate the production of our Nation's tremendous resource base.

I'm assuming that you would agree with me that this cumulative impact has the potential to be quite serious in terms of reliability.

I guess the question to you is in light of what we have seen come forward since the November technical conference.

I don't believe that there is one silver bullet. I agree with the President on that.