"We see this Executive Order as a job killer, not a job creator."
"In Secretary Salazar's October 19 letter to me, the Secretary states that even with a full withdrawal, development of up to 11 mines in the area over the next 20 years is reasonably foreseeable."
"So, Professor Yonk, I am curious to hear your views on something that is really affecting my District."
"But it is asking a requirement. The Federal Government is asking a requirement for these Federal lands that they do maintain these on a day-to-day basis yet not compensate it on a day-to-day basis. Is..."
"Just so the record states, those monies for compensation for mineral royalties goes to the Land Department, which goes strictly to education. Nothing else, nothing more."
"So, we would have to do it here."
"The reason I ask is that we spent the better part of 100 years trying to get criminal law with native tribes and us fairly similar."
"From the very beginning of our nation's history, we have recognized that states and localities are unable under the principles of federalism to tax federal land."
"Without programs like the PILT program, which provides a payment to local counties in lieu of the property taxes that cannot otherwise be assessed, local school districts and counties shoulder the ent..."
"PILT is a crucial part of this balancing act and failing to reauthorize it at the end of this fiscal year would jeopardize the health, safety, and prosperity of all eight counties in Arizona's First D..."
"Mr. Chairman, I would like to submit for the record, testimony from a ski area in Flagstaff, AZ which I would like to highlight that talks about temporary workers."
"So you have never signed the back end of a paycheck?"