I would like to see us be very strong on simple concepts of fairness and equality.

Refuges generate $150 in local economic activity for every dollar it costs to run a refuge.

This Committee has oversight of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and during these financially austere times, it seems to me to be responsible governing to stop pouring taxpayer dollars into a parking lot that will wash away with more…

the one thing that you can count on is the fact that what we have been 100 percent perfect on is that we have been 100 percent wrong in predicting what the war is going to look like.

simply because the courts may say that there is nothing wrong with it, it doesn't necessarily then say that the injustice that was committed is somehow right.

We do not need to choose between creating the refuge and restoring the Everglades.

The goal is to restore the ecosystem, which will also ensure that people have clean water and flood protection.

In my home of Hawaii, the livelihoods of farmers and fishermen depend on clean water.

We need something like the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on the Atlantic side, in the Caribbean, to also give people the proper warning.

We cannot afford to lose what this institution does.

These reckless cuts put considerable stress on national tsunami monitoring, hindering scientists' ability to forecast weather and alert communities about imminent, dangerous events.

investing in Indian Country, that you believe that is probably the most essential part of strengthening the nation-to-nation relationship.

He recognizes, and is able to balance the political, social and economic challenges that confront Afghanistan.

It is critically important that our Ambassador to Afghanistan understands the culture, history and political landscape of the post.