The $50 billion cosmetics industry is one of the least regulated industries in the country.

Most Americans think the FDA regulates cosmetics the same way it regulates food and drugs.

It just seems almost cruel to me that in some cases you have cures that are waiting there but people die waiting for that to get approved.

The FDA does not have the authority to require product recalls.

American forests are very important to us, and the work you do is very much appreciated.

We may just change that, Senator, and increase it.

This cut just doesn't make any sense, and I won't support it.

I am pleased that the new Administration recognizes that firefighting costs are likely to exceed the 10-year fire suppression average.

So if we had done it 10 years ago, when we tried to do it?

These MAFFS units are vital.

Both the Governor of Nevada and the Governor of California have declared the Tahoe forests, the three national forests around Tahoe, in a state of emergency.

I just want to say I very much welcome your oversight and trying to push people.

I think this budget is a good first step toward meeting the needs of our national forests.

I flew out with the President, flew over Shasta, and it was like a moonscape. Everything was burned, all around the reservoir.

Since 2006, more than 3 million acres have burned in my home State of California alone.

It is my hope that these funds will help prevent the service from borrowing from other programs to pay for firefighting needs this year.

I would like to express my appreciation that the President has requested $200 million in supplemental firefighting funds for the Forest Service before the fire season begins in earnest.

These forests have to get cleaned out of dead, dying, and down. And they aren't being, and that is just a fact.

The commitment to the program is also reinforced through the participation from States.

I have spoken to Senator Tester about this, and he has the same issues in his State.

I think this is a very good budget.

I believe it does need some special attention. We have lost 3 million acres in the last 2 years from wildfire.

I am very concerned. When I have been to the lake--which is rare, I must say--but when I can go, I notice very little burning activity.

I would like to ask one last question on a subject that I have had a good deal of conversation with of your forest supervisors, and that is the Quincy Library Group, which has been a very frustrating exercise.

if this fails, the only alternative is for us to go ahead with very stringent legislation like a categorical exemption, which nobody wants to do.