"I wish that the legislation gave the Secretary of Agriculture a greater role."
"I want to congratulate you for having some bill language for us to evaluate, although we just barely got it."
"I predict that if we rush this bill through committee without a considered, thoughtful amendment process, we will have a similar result."
"This just shows the importance of us being able to have the time to know what is in the bill and to vet it adequately."
"I would hope that as we move through the hearing process here that we will also take the time to get a thorough EPA analysis and to get a thorough CBO score before we would go to any kind of a markup."
"Failures of small banks continue to grow, and the key trouble spots are looming, such as commercial real estate loans."
"Failures of small banks continue to grow and key trouble spots are looming, such as commercial real estate loans."
"We fear it would weaken the FDIC. It could overall weaken banking regulation."
"I have stated many times in this committee that Idaho is a leader in clean energy and that I am proud of Idaho's record in this area."
"Increased offshore energy production would support 1.2 million jobs annually."
"Natural gas is clean burning and is domestically abundant."