George Miller

Third, the Mining Law results in inadequate protection of the environment and other uses of the public lands.

It is time for Congress to repeal, once and for all, the Mining Law policy allowing willy-nilly privatizing of the federal lands.

Second, the Mining Law fails to produce any direct financial return to the public.

It is time for Congress to close this glaring loophole.

I think we are also at an inflection point in America now when it comes to service.

I believe in it passionately myself.

I think we are at another moment now with a new president, with people being involved in the political process in a way that we haven't seen almost in our lifetime.

Thank you again for the opportunity to share UPS's views, and we look forward to answering any questions you have.

Service I don't believe is a luxury. It can help us rebuild as a nation, restore confidence, and prepare for the future.

Thank you for your focus in this hearing on the importance of volunteerism and for the opportunity for UPS to present its views.

I believe the media can play an important role in stimulating civic engagement.

We need more programs like this.

I think here is an example of the way media and government can collaborate on something that is in all of our interests as citizens.

It was Ben Franklin who first said that as Americans, we can do well by doing good--that has never been truer than it is right now.

If you can connect somebody with that opportunity, you will never cease to be amazed at what may come out of that connect.

In difficult economic times, the power and value of volunteer service is greater.

I'd like to welcome everyone to today's hearing on how service and volunteerism can help us build a stronger, vibrant America.

America is at a critical moment right now where national service can help us solve many of our most acute national problems.

to deliver the president a bipartisan legislation that reinvigorates America's spirit of national service.

We must also ask the difficult questions about the state of our nation's retirement system as a whole.

the miracle of compounding investment returns turns out to be overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding cost.

that just doesn't seem right to me, sir.

I think the opportunity to look at some sort of defined benefit that the government can guarantee, a modest amount, say $1,000, per worker per year.

I hope this marks the beginning of an open and frank discussion on where we are today.

now is not the time to frighten people out of the market.