I think you can find an excellent pair of heavy duty boots for 4 pounds.

General Chiarelli, when will we allow our soldiers to maintain a 1:2 deployment to dwell ratio?

And isn't it much better to start earlier and get those habits early than it is to have to try to break bad habits later?

I have the honor of introducing another Coloradan, Tom Strickland, to be the next Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks for the Department of Interior.

Our Chairwoman has been an incredible leader on these issues.

It is clear that Tom Strickland will be an excellent Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

I believe in particular that the Endangered Species Act has many vehicles for partnerships to accomplish the goals of preserving habitat and endangered species.

I think it would provide tremendous change not just for the way we would analyze Alzheimer's, but in many other areas as well.

I want to thank Chairman Kohl and Ranking Member Martinez for holding this hearing to address such salient issues related to Alzheimer's and how we can best tackle the challenges ahead in battling this disease.

I'm particularly pleased to support that nomination of Tom Strickland for Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks because he's had a long, long history of activism on behalf of protecting our national and State parks and public…

Why do I know that Tom Strickland will be an excellent Assistant Secretary of the Interior? He has an exceptional track record of leadership.

I have another honor, that of introducing and supporting another fellow Coloradan, Tom Strickland, to be the next Assistant Secretary for----

It speaks highly, I think, of the motivational leadership of both Secretary Salazar and his chief of staff and nominee to be the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Tom Strickland, that so many of their fellow Coloradans…

I've had concerns about the relocation of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from Cheyenne Mountain to the new NORTHCOM/NORAD Command Center at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB).

I think States are still trying to get their hands around exactly what the potential for those dollars are.

This is a very important topic, obviously.

There's a well known Civil War Major, one armed veteran, Major Powell who made that very proposal. We're now trying in the West to govern ourselves based on his principles.

Water plays a critical role in the production of the energy that powers our society, especially energy derived from fossil fuels.

Technology that's best imitates Mother Nature.

The water supplies are important in all parts of our country. But certainly in the West we, as in the Rocky Mountain West, we really know, living in an arid climate, the challenges that we face.

It's been a fascinating hearing. We see over and over again the nexus between water use and energy use, technology, national security.

Doing desalination right costs a little more money than doing it wrong.

I think you can measure society's health with a number of different metrics. The energy supplies for one, based on where the accessibility, the affordability, the predictability, you could do the same thing with water and water supplies.

That does not mean that the federal government should become a water regulator and create winners and losers based on water rights.

I think we do have a dual goal, Senator, which is to promote renewable energy technologies that have emerged over the last 10 years but also to reduce carbon emissions.