I think it brings accountability both to the student for their education that they are taking a loan on and also to the taxpayers of fiscal accountability on how that money is being used.

We can and we must do both.

It is also inaccurate to call LWCF a land grab.

the oil and gas industry, it conducts its inventory when it comes in through the process for permitting based on what they, as an entity, see as a viable source of energy for them, oil and gas.

I think there has to be an accountability issue to these leaseholders, and I don't see it.

There appears to be an upswing in the number of proposed mining projects on public lands in southern Arizona.

Many of our colleagues seem genuinely perplexed by the workings of this trust fund and its goals.

We need to permit this use. We need to have this extraction done. It is good for the economy--don't deny that--and energy.

Let us talk a little bit about 'oil above all' policy in terms of extraction, not just all of the above.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Healthy, productive lands and forests are an investment that will pay dividends long after our current challenges have been solved.

The President proposes an $87 million increase in LWCF funding for the Forest Service and a $20 million increase for the BLM.