Paul Gosar

So we have to have the ability for them to do that.

We actually have empowered them to actually have oversight over corporation clinics because it puts providers in double jeopardy.

Until we actually empower the private sector, the patients, we are not going to truly have reforms, are we?

I agree with you, I don't think it is.

Laws are worthless unless you have enforcement.

We have to police our own.

So I am curious how many laws does one have to break before the State Dental Board and CMS cracks down.

Once again, I want to make sure that everybody understands that you're giving Federal oversight of collusion and monopoly. In class action lawsuits, what you're doing is not giving it all away, but you're limiting the vast improprieties…

We failed to realize that what we did here in repeal of McCarran-Ferguson is the FTC. It is the FTC. It is the FTC and the Department of Justice. Right now, privately, yes, you're right. Without the repeal of McCarran-Ferguson, there is…

In my district, we have lots of problems with the government bureaucrats administering land like the wilderness.

Is the Administration planning on using some of the excess funds that it has been using to analyze private lands to invest in transmission infrastructure?

It seems to me like we need to concentrate on the Federal jurisdiction because most of them do not even approach using the Federal lands because of the bureaucracy and the red tape.

I am all for the increased development of renewable energy in our state's vast public lands. In fact, I encourage it.

But--so the dollars you quoted about what it is costing you, you are not figuring in the lost time. Time is money.

Now, based on your experience with the Navajo Nation and government, does the Nation have strong governmental capacity sufficient to administer a sub-surface leasing program?

We are also very appreciative of the strong support we have received from Congressman Paul Gosar.

It contains measures that tribes requested of the Committee, rooted in the principle of increasing Native Americans' control over their lands' resources.

This bill is a result of intensive consultation with tribes across the country that are involved in energy exploration, development, and production.

The Administration's failure to show up today will not hold up progress on this bill.

I want to welcome today's witnesses, all of whom are tribes that are actively engaged in the exploration, development, and production of both conventional and emerging energy technology and resources.

While this budget proposes essentially a $45 billion tax increase on American job producers, it stands in the way of a project that would have an estimated total economic impact of over $61 billion.

The Administration claims to commit to powering the American economy. You tout the Bureau of Reclamation's facilities that deliver cheap, affordable water to millions of Americans, and allow Western farmers to thrive.

The 14 billion in tax revenue, the 4,100 of pristine land coming into the BLM stewardship, 3,700 jobs, increased domestic mineral independence, all these benefits are supposed to be central to your agency's mission.

The real adage is, 'Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting over.'

Given the overwhelming benefits, one would think that the federal government would be focused on maintaining our current infrastructure and expediting the development of new surface storage.