Jim Costa actually said...

"I have been on this Committee for six years, and we have obviously had this discussion and debate throughout those six years."

"If it is going to have any success and if the locals are going to continue to support it and participate financially, and the state, the consolidation and the efforts and the Federal participation is ..."

"The Bureau of Indian Affairs received a budget increase for energy initiatives and I know that IBEW, electrical workers, and NECA, the electrical contractors, have submitted a white paper."

"How will the proposed reductions in spending for these basic data gathering... impact DOI's ability to fulfill its statutory mandates?"