I was joined by several of my colleagues, including the full Agriculture Committee Chairman, Mr. Conaway from Texas.
We all want to make sure that the United States is a competitive place where we attract businesses.
It has to be able to pay for itself. And, if it doesn't, all we are doing is digging the deficit hole deeper.
We need to look at what the other guys are doing in order to win, and adopt those practices.
the Administration has been very vocal for the need to provide more funding to combat wildfires
fixing the budget is not the final solution, certainly not the full solution.
the Obama Administration strongly opposes this legislation.
the Committee passed through the House H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015.
the only way urban America thrives is if rural America thrives.
I am a big supporter of telemedicine and telemonitoring.
If we can spend it twice, we can solve a lot of problems.