Mark Udall

Renewable energy platforms that target these end uses, either on the supply or demand side, may reduce the logistical burdens on deployed forces.

Generally, I believe the Director of Operational Energy Plans and Programs should focus on making the link between improved energy security and improved mission effectiveness and force capabilities.

If confirmed, I would first look at all studies and pilot programs that have been completed to date on how the Fully Burdened Cost of Fuel might be calculated and then lead a collaborative effort with the Joint Staff, relevant defense…

Secure and renewable energy sources without a risky logistical tail, vulnerabilities, or burden on combat capability would greatly benefit our Armed Forces.

I am in the camp that thinks it's time to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

A crime is a crime, as it was pointed out, whether it is $500 from a cash register or literally billions, in fact trillions of dollars of net worth that we have seen taken from Americans and American families. I commend the Presiding…

He clearly is eminently qualified to serve as liaison of the Congress.

The Assistant Secretary Position should be filled as soon as possible.

He's a straight-shooter. Believe it or not, I never found him to really have a political agenda.

I look forward to hearing more about Dr. Borlaug. He sounds like quite an American story.

I look forward to working with you to implement this study and with the Park Service.

The legacy of Frank McWorter and all that happened in New Philadelphia is one that we should cherish and preserve.

The Subcommittee on National Parks will come to order.

We continue in the national park world to look for ways in which to create more buffer areas.

Thank God for federalism and hopefully the Federal Government will begin to lead again.

What does this year's budget request do to meet that goal and what would a SLEP include for the Nation's F-16s?

I am concerned that commercial space companies may lose access to launch capabilities after the last government Delta II launch at Vandenberg AFB.

Maybe that was a lesson to the world, as unfortunate as maybe it was, that that's not necessary in the future to show a capability.

Can and should we continue to ask you some hard questions about all of this as you reconfigure and make these decisions?

The United States has been, is today, and will always need to be a maritime power.

What I hear you saying is, you have outer space, you have inner space, and the two of them are definitely linked, and there are lessons that apply to both realms.

In an internal company document dated July 2009, Toyota boasted about convincing NHTSA that an equipment recall was sufficient to address the pedal entrapment issue instead of a vehicle recall.

If you had had a full vehicle recall, how much would that have cost your company?

I applaud you doing this, and I hope that you continue to do this, because I think the American public knows...

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