John Boozman

Thank you, Chairman Whitehouse and Chairman Sanders, for having the hearing today and looking into the collaboration between the EPA and the Department of Defense on pollution reduction and environmental performance issues.

At the same time, we must keep our priorities straight. The mission of the military must be to have the best trained, most well equipped and capable fighting force on the planet.

However, if we find that minor improvements come at the expense of the core mission of the Department of Defense, we should reexamine our priorities.

But ag has kind of taken it on the chin the last couple of years under the current farm bill.

My concern is, what does that do to all of us, but specifically single moms, people on fixed incomes and things where they cannot keep up.

Well, in regard to the law, it is pretty clear the law says 20 miles.

One of the concerns I have is that we have heard from the administration and ag has kind of taken it on the chin the last couple years in doing their part to help us with the financial situation we are in.

I would really encourage us to keep target prices on the table as we go forward and try and figure it out.

I do not think, if we were visiting about 20 miles as farmer to farmer or Congressman to whomever, that we would have that connotation of as the crow flies.

I can speak for all of the Committee and Congress in general that we are very, very concerned and certainly we have got to figure out that is not tolerate it, period.

I think that the Inspector General report is disturbing, very disturbing in the sense that in regard to the safety and security of women in some of these facilities.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The importance of a hearing like this is trying to illustrate that

How do we do a good job of ensuring that, you know, that we do not have problems going forward, more problems?

The government has the want-to but they do not have the heart

Thank you very much. We appreciate all of you being here; really appreciate you being here, Sandra.

It is easy to tell that this certainly is a passion, and we really do appreciate that. We need a lot more of that.

I continue to believe that the nation needs both a robust heavy-lift and crew exploration vehicle development to enable us to go beyond low earth orbit...

I share Senator Hutchison's concern that the Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for NASA... could undermine... the very careful balance established in the 2010 NASA Authorization Act.

We must prioritize our nation's precious and limited R&D dollars in a way that gives Americans what they deserve.

Advances in science and engineering are essential to ensuring America's economic growth and global competitiveness.

The EPSCoR program allows research institutions in my State and other smaller States to have a fair chance.

It's our responsibility as policymakers and keepers of the American purse to ensure that we are spending America's hard-earned dollars efficiently and prudently.

To encourage entrepreneurial ventures in the scientific and technology community, we must begin bridging the gap in applied research.

Half the Senate doesn't want very wealthy people, millionaires and billionaires, to pay any more taxes than they're paying currently.