"Your fiscal year 2013 budget includes, as has already been mentioned, $6.1 billion for disasters including over $3 billion for the cost of disasters that have already occurred such as the tornadoes that struck my home State of Alabama just this past April."
"As you know, I put an emphasis on speed because I feel that the quicker we get construction back, the better communities are."
"The fiscal year 2013 grant proposal from the department builds on the reforms that this committee implemented back in fiscal year 2012."
"There are still staffing shortages across the fire service. And the effect of FIRE and SAFER to improve on that shortage is something I think we should build on."
"By all means Buy America should be a slogan, but I don't think it should be a policy in which we seek to distort free trade."
"the American worker we believe should get a preference on the jobs funded by their tax dollars."
"We can't afford to do that if we want to make manufacturing far more competitive."
"And then, also, I understand you have put emphasis on maintaining working lands in agriculture--that is, refocusing conservation efforts so that conservation is achieved but land doesn't have to be ta..."
"Also in the same regard--and, again, this may be something you need to check on--but I understand that USDA is looking to complete the development and implementation of the Catfish Inspection Program."
"I can tell you that we have proposed in this budget $60 million for the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program."
"When Congressman Aderholt learned of and questioned the claimed issues, your Department admitted there were no budgetary and logistical concerns."