Jeff Flake

I think that is all good, and we ought to increase the number of refugees that are allowed here for a genuine claim of persecution.

As long as we are placing these children and they have achieved their desired goal, to be reunited with family members or to stay for a long time, the incentives will not change.

I can tell you to try to seek investment to go ahead and do this again. It's just not going to be there.

We've written to you looking to see a plan to get some NEPA ready acreage that can be treated otherwise this industry is going to go away.

I believe it directly addresses this fire borrowing problem that we have.

I think from what we hear, Iran thought that they might get more out of this interim deal than they actually are in terms of sanctions relief.

I think we all can see that Iran is at the table because of these sanctions, and it is because that we have had cooperation from our, in particular, European allies on this.

It would be extremely helpful, in my view and the view of many... Make a statement.

There is a perception of lax enforcement that will allow them to get a foothold here.

I hope that similar legislation or some legislation can pass the House and we can get this done.

When we involve FEMA, as you mentioned, for something like this, this denotes a disaster.

I hope that the President in particular, and you as well, will make such a statement, continue to make such a statement...

I think there is an enormous opportunity for the U.S. energy industry to get its act together.

I mentioned in my opening statement that we want to make sure that we do not stifle any development of new technologies and new positive uses of this geolocation information.

In our efforts to protect the privacy of Americans, which is extremely important, we have got to be careful not to stifle innovation.

I was pleased to support the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

I hope that we are looking out there and spending our money on those campaigns rather than simply always coordinating with that money.

I would rather hear the witnesses, so I will not talk long, but I appreciate the chairman for calling this hearing.

I have spent about 3 years of my life in southern Africa.

What advice would you give to the President, in terms of what activities we are involved in around the world that we would need to cease?

I thank the Senator. I have just one other point. The second amendment, as I mentioned-- and the Senator mentioned that this 2-year extension leads to another 10 years in subsidies. Depending on when they actually start production, it…

I thank the Senator. Senator Alexander and I are introducing an amendment to the tax extenders bill currently on the floor. This amendment would simply strike that extension, do away with it completely. We also have another amendment as to…

Yes. And I want to point out as well that neither of us is saying there is no place for wind energy.

In that same column, the Senator also talked about the environmental impact. It is often thought that these renewables are all the same in terms of their impact on the environment. But the Senator points out where these need to be built…

I thank the Senator. I don't think there is justification. The justification that often is given is that we have to give some kind of surety moving ahead, and people won't invest in this industry if they don't know that the subsidy is…