Doug LaMalfa

The diligence of your office and our other partners in Interior and Homeland Security has been pretty amazing and appreciated.

As Rep. LaMalfa noted during the hearing, freight rail moves one ton of freight 479 miles on one gallon of diesel fuel.

I appreciate that. Check it out in northern California, via Sacramento, the Redding office, and there is a lot of action happening in Tehama County.

OK. You promised to move more quickly on the permits, but what about the concept that the permit wasn't needed to begin with under exemptions clearly spelled out in the Clean Water Act and reinterpretations done by some divisions of the…

So what I am asking you, sir, is will the Army Corps and EPA work with the other land management agencies to make their jurisdictional determinations so that land users have some idea where to direct their issues when someone suddenly…

It is a simple bill that would clarify the current grave marker benefit to ensure that the families, especially spouses of veterans, can be added to their gravestones.

This bill will impact nearly 21 million people, our veterans, and their families.

I am sure nobody on this panel thinks that Puerto Rico is a property, or the people are.

Do you think this law has adequate enforcement in that area of illegal marijuana cultivation?

The illegal production of marijuana, which is a non-native and invasive species, how much extra work does that make for those that are charged with enforcing the Lacey Act?

NEPA has been a source for a lot of frustration for anybody trying to do a project.

I like what I am hearing in Mr. Webster's bill.

I was very strongly opposed to the action of finning when we had legislation in California back in the day on AB 376, which I joined in on because I just found that abhorrent, finning a shark and throwing the rest of it away.

What we need is a rapid new start to complete the last 5 miles.

Interior has had a role, sir, up to this point.

Will you withdraw the signature that the previous agency member sent to FERC?

Will you allow a NEPA process to be completed before a decision is made?

While unelected bureaucrats sit in their offices in comfortable government jobs, residents are stuck in limbo, not knowing if good-paying jobs will come through, or if they will receive some relief in energy prices.

Being a fellow Californian too, I hate to have to speak against my dear colleague there, a very gracious lady, but on this gas tax that was foisted upon California taxpayers, road users, indeed, it really wasn't bipartisan when only one…

Motor carrier safety, to my knowledge, has only had maybe two meetings with folks on this.

We ought to look at that as a--given that good record, that they should be able to look at a similar exemption.

We need flexibility on this. We need flexibility.

Well, thank you. I got to have succinct around here. So thank you.

So we really need one-stop shopping, and we should be able to entrust Army Corps to do that.

The bill being discussed today, obviously, will have great impact on the supply and hydropower.