Doug Lamborn

How could President Obama's and Secretary Hillary Clinton's highly touted Russian reset have failed so spectacularly?

The Russians are flagrantly in violation of the Budapest Memorandum concerning Ukraine.

Why did it take the Fish and Wildlife Service until December 13, 7 months after the request was sent, for this memo to be provided to us?

Director Ashe, your agency announced in December that you were going to start issuing licenses to kill for eagles.

Iran continues to support terrorism and instability around the world.

Israel would much better be able to meet its security needs if that part of the Obama budget were increased by $350 million.

Chaplains are not only members of the Armed Forces but also representatives of faith groups.

Chaplains should be free to prepare and deliver sermons or teachings according to the faith traditions of their endorsing agency without interference from a commander.

If the chain of command has veto power over the content of religious speech in the military, would the core of the chaplaincy be compromised?

A physician who stated that vendor representatives were present during the application of skin grafts at this VA medical center told us that he did not know what the official vendor policy was at the VA medical center, and that he was not…

I just want to make sure that no one ends up blaming them or in case the VA has procedures that need to be improved.

And I want to thank you for having this important hearing and for your work on this issue.

As long as American's hard-earned dollars are funding terrorists and petrol dictators, we must fight to open and develop our domestic resources, and that fight is not over.

Our focus should remain on creating American jobs and producing American resources for American consumers.

If America wants to continue to reap the economic rewards of increased oil and natural gas production, we must eliminate the red tape and other barriers that continue to lock up the vast resources of our Federal lands and waters.

Isn't it really true, and this is how it appears to many of us, that the original contractor was fired because the loss of 7,000 jobs is politically damaging?

Well, it appears that Director Pizarchik was either incompetent in not understanding the word 'placeholder,' at best, or he changed his tune over time to fit a political narrative, resulting in misleading testimony to Congress, at worst.

Isn't the fact that a senior political appointee may not have provided accurate information to Congress something serious that the Inspector General's office should look into?

I have a suspicion that some people in the environmental community are really more after grabbing the habitat.

H.R. 1604, the 'Map It Once, Use It Many Times Act', introduced by Representative Lamborn, would establish the National Geospatial Technology Administration.

Today we are holding a legislative hearing on two bills aimed at reducing Federal bureaucracies and streamlining Government inefficiencies in Federal land management.

Just to conclude, when you put things in perspective, I think that there were a lot more serious issues with the flooding, some of which continue to today and will continue far into the future. Those are the issues we should really…

If there is no objection, so ordered.

If you really believe in the people, start thinking about the little people. And shame on you if you don't.

It has been said by someone within the agency that the EPA's job is to crucify American industry, to bring them to heel.