I thank Chairman Bishop for yielding. Chairman Bishop, I would also like to thank you for your leadership in leading the efforts on this important piece of legislation. The Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins provide key water and…

At a time when our country needs to focus on domestic energy production and job creation, hydropower can play a critical role.

I am delighted to hear Mr. Markey is embracing capitalism.

They listen, but they don't hear.

I applaud what you do. I represent rural America, trying to deliver cost-effective energy to people that are struggling right now.

We seem to continue to want to pursue policies of taxation via regulation that are driving up costs.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I think that we all struggle to be able to find words to be able to address a flash point in time in the city of Aurora to where we saw the absolute worst of humanity in the senseless…

We pledge to be able to work with you to ensure that American exports, agricultural products and otherwise, receive fair treatment in international markets.

The ability to provide oversight of the Federal Reserve's dealings is hindered by current law that prohibits the Government Accountability Office from auditing aspects of the Bank's activities including monetary policy matters and…

My pleasure, and I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we have a great challenge in this Nation: to be able to get our people back to work. Right now we are paying, as a country, $1.75 trillion per year in…

Should we be playing games with litigation? Or should we be standing up for creating a healthy forest?

I am running out of time, and I would really encourage you--we have legislation in place right now, the Health Forest Management Act of 2012, to be able to use the HFRA authorities to be able to reduce that litigation that is going on.

I applaud that comment. Let's make American jobs the key priority. Putting Americans back to work; that must be a priority. And we call on the President to join us in this action. We are putting forward the idea. But we need some partners…

You know, in Colorado, we just call that common sense. And I bet we do in every other State in the Union as well. Here is what is fundamentally the problem: We will recall that Minority Leader Pelosi, with the passage of the President's…

I would like to be able to comment really in regards to Congresswoman Foxx, that this is an exciting piece of legislation. The fact is that if you sit down and you talk to small businesses, they're excited about this legislation because…

It is. And I think it's incredibly important to note, they're continuing to grow. The moving bar that our businesses face in terms of regulatory compliance is costing American jobs

We can proactively manage our forests; reduce further destruction from wildfires; safeguard water supplies, species, habitat; and provide a healthy natural environment.

This legislation builds on the bipartisan Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003, empowering States, counties and tribes to be more active in addressing these emergency circumstances.

It is illogical to prevent fire with fire when there are alternative, less dangerous methods available to trim dense, dry and dangerous forests.

Thank you, Chairman Bishop, for including my legislation, H.R. 6089, the Healthy Forest Management Act of 2012, in today's hearing, and for your support of this bill.

I think to get this focus back on the topic of the hearing, a simple question, is the bark beetle an imminent threat?

This bill allows those who are most directly impacted by wildfires to take proactive measures.

H.R. 6089, the Healthy Forest Management Act, is this fresh approach we need.

I am stunned by the callousness of the Department of the Interior's objection to the healthy forest bill, H.R. 6089.

A Senator from our State, Colorado, had requisitioned a study... the primary reasons that we are seeing the bark beetle infestation is because of the Forest Service actions.