Paul Gosar

Well, can you be a little bit more specific because, I mean, there's not--these timetables, there is no fixation about timetables. They just continue to be pushed and pushed and pushed.

We're forcing people to go to Europe because we're becoming so antiquated.

I'm a dentist, and I'm very principled about process.

So wouldn't it behoove us to work with industry, to sit down jointly in a venture to say, listen, there's limited capital, we definitely want to have the innovative spirit, we want to definitely keep that here, how do we streamline this…

I want to submit for the record a letter from the CAP Board dated May 3, 2011.

People are tired of the fighting and bickering back forth, and I know you hear it as well as I do.

We need to talk about the reality of what is plaguing the country, and fortunately, I think that we are going to be able to get to the bottom of this.

These hearings are extremely useful when we get answers to these questions understanding we only have a few minutes to ask them rather than just trying to come up with an answer that doesn't answer the question.

The tribal representatives tell me they would prefer block grants that would allow them to prioritize their needs and set in motion the projects they deem important in the time and manner they choose.

I am here to tell you this area is a disaster. It is a national disaster created by an act of the government instead of an act of God, but a natural disaster just the same.

There is a part of the Navajo Nation that is an open wound on the conscious of this country.

The history of this trust has been complicated to say the least.

I'm concerned these budget priorities do not meet the needs of my constituents, and the needs of our nation's ailing forests.

I have concerns that millions of dollars have been proposed in each of your respective agencies' budgets for the purpose of purchasing additional federal lands.

I appreciate the Chairman's willingness to allow me to participate in this important discussion.

Ultimately, no substantive action can be done on the effect of Federal lands without the cooperation and commitment from the United States Forest Service.

I invite you to join me in Flagstaff at your earliest convenience and my community will show you the urgency of the situation.

Will you commit to work with us to ensure that these extensions move forward in a unified and timely fashion?

It is the objective of this sub-committee to restore the original--and as yet unfulfilled--mission of the Bureau of Reclamation--to develop and utilize our nation's vast water and hydroelectric resources to build a new era of abundance and…

Meanwhile, funds that ought to be going to water and power development are instead being squandered on subsidizing low-flow toilets, salmon festivals, tiger salamander studies and grants to private associations whose principal activity is…

In Northern Arizona, 1,000 megawatts of hydroelectricity--enough to power a million homes--has been lost due to environmental mandates for the humpback chub.

California's Central Valley, where 200 billion gallons of water were deliberately diverted away from vital agriculture for the enjoyment and amusement of the 2-inch Delta Smelt is a case in point.

Well, it's actually the crux and the problem with our economy at this point in time. We actually had a government that disrupted the understanding of the way the risk was looked at. And we said, no, we don't need to follow anything…

Very, very high. It's above the norm of what would be 8 to 10 percent. And yet they gave out two loans in December, but yet have already had three audits in the fiscal year 2010 and have two more scheduled in the first quarter. Tell me…

Well, what it is--I'll give you an example from right in our own district--is that we have a small bank that has 39 percent in liquidity versus loans out.