does it behoove us to have at least five-party talks where we are all getting together finally and talking about North Korea?

Will that be something that you can submit on a claim? How do you prove that?

The 143-year-old 1872 Mining Law needs to be reformed and brought in line with other extraction industries.

Thank you to Chairman Vitter for allowing this committee hearing to be held.

Adding the Animas Basin's offending mines to the EPA's Superfund National Priorities List is really the only clear path forward.

I look forward to working on them with Senator Bennet. And, again, I think it is critically important that the only way we can address some of these issues is, of course, with bipartisan support.

We have got to figure out what the time frame is going to be.

the EPA caused this, and that is entirely unacceptable.

There is really only one entity that can handle this. That is the EPA.

You have got a commitment from Senator Bennet and I to continue to work on these issues.

The spill makes clear that the piecemeal approach of the past is not working.

I think showing a concerted effort, letting people know that our river is cleaned up.

Gentlemen, we are counting on you two to represent us and to speak up for us.

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While supporting all of the above solutions, only the full effort and comprehensive approach of the EPA can address these problems permanently.

they deserve to be fully reimbursed for their damages and the EPA is committed to doing so.

Just the county budget?

I am committed to working with Senator Bennet, Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman, in a bipartisan fashion to get good Samaritan legislation through the Senate.

the whole world looks to them for guidance on how to think about this issue.

What China has accomplished over the past several years is truly remarkable, I mean, lifting 500 million people out of poverty.

What if there is a Sony-like incident directed from China to the United States?

To have a rising China that is a responsible rising nation to meet these needs and concerns that we have expressed today.

that commitment, if it was indeed from President Xi personally, should change China's administrative controls for doing commercial espionage.

the best way to encourage the Chinese to move toward these high-standard agreements is to conduct our own negotiations with partners.

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