Tom Carper

I think she is doing an exemplary job since joining the EPA.

Clean air is an important responsibility.

I think in our second panel today some of the witnesses may claim that EPA has overestimated emissions from hydraulically fractured natural gas wells.

Fortunately, we will be able to use a lot of natural gas in this country. We are already the Saudi Arabia of coal. We have become the Saudi Arabia of natural gas.

We hear how this boom has allowed us to see extremely low natural gas prices.

While we are not using as much coal today for generating electricity as we were a decade ago or even 5 years ago, we are going to be using coal for a long time in this country.

We need national solutions.

I believe this Administration has been on the wrong track to accomplish this goal.

I find that to be a disincentive at this point for my State.

It is not proven yet.

I think that collaboration is key.

That is interesting. Why do you suppose that is?

I think he will be a very good one because he is a very good Governor.

However, I understand that there is not a systematic process for cross-checking between States to try to identify duplicate enrollees.

I am very pleased to say that we are moving away from something that is not working.

Do you mean find out what does not work and do less of that?

So the glass is not entirely empty, at least half-full, and we have just to fill the rest of it up here.

My time has expired, and, Mr. Wilson, I am going to come back to you with the same question when we go for a second round.

All right. Thank you.

There is a fair amount of focus on distance learning with respect to VA benefits and with respect to Department of Defense benefits.

I believe in my written testimony we make comments regarding provider enrollment, and I would echo what he is saying exactly.

Good. Well, we will keep following up with you. Thank you.

I think that might be a record.

We need to demand results and focus the scarce resources that taxpayers entrust us with on what works.

The last time that our Nation's debt was this high, I think, as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) was at the end of World War II.