"It's time to act."
"This hearing will help to highlight the problems that we currently face and continue to bring more minds to the table and a better Federal partnership to join those who are working constantly to promo..."
"One of the primary needs in addressing this epidemic is increasing the awareness and understanding of how vast this problem is."
"Colorado's Second District relies heavily on those visitors who come to our state to ski, camp, climb, bike and boat."
"However, the mountain pine beetle epidemic is fundamentally changing this landscape, and with it our culture and economy."
"In large parts of my district in Colorado it is no longer a discussion of saving the forest. Our forest has died off."
"Thank you so much for holding a hearing on such an important issue as charter schools."
"some might call Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien the mother of charter schools in Colorado."
"All children deserve to learn, and proven models exist today. That is why I will soon introduce the All Students Achieving Through Reform--ALL-STAR--Act."
"Thank you Chairman Miller and I applaud you holding a hearing on such an important issue as charter schools, to which I have devoted much of my policy and philanthropic efforts."
"The beauty of a public charter school lies in its great autonomy and self-determination--this is what drew me to charter schools in the first place."
"I think all of us on this committee, regardless of ideology, wish that there was a single silver bullet..."