I am a little concerned that we are using existing funds in the appropriation to address the wildfires.

I want to thank you and your staff for the help you have been in trying to do this wildfire fix that I have been working on for 4 or 5 years.

I am hopeful we are going to get it done this year, and it seems like we have some agreement between leadership in the House and the Senate.

Would it be helpful to have a change of statute, so that you had to do reforestation after wildfires?

Help us help you by educating the public that it is their tax dollars that are doing this through NIH.

Over 80 percent of the NIH funding goes to extramural grants to you all.

That return on investment is harder to measure right now.

No lives left behind.

I don't even pay any attention to what is going on with the administration because I don't care. They're a distraction. The family is a distraction, the president is a distraction.

this budget request reflects the importance of the Department of Energy's national security responsibilities.

we have got a WRDA target that is about $375 million or something like that, a million above what the request was for

I am introducing another bill that you might be interested in that I would like the Department to take a look at.

Well, if that leadership is not coming from the top or has not come from the top, and I am not trying to point fingers at anybody. But if it does not come from the top, what can this committee do?

We are never going to please everybody. That is what represented democracy is all about.

Hopefully this will get at addressing that backlog maintenance in these various agencies.

the Administration's budget is just in general terms disappointing, especially after all the work we have done on this committee

Indian Health Service was our highest priority because if you do not have your health, you do not have anything.

If we continue on the path of underfunding programs to manage firefighting, we jeopardize the health and longevity of America's national forests.

It is the Land Act, which is going to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund for 7 years under mandatory funding.

I am disappointed that the administration has failed to pursue any proposals to reform the way we fund wildfire costs.

we do need more resources.

Mr. Chairman, I just want you to know that in parts of Idaho, we consider Californians an invasive species.

I think we need to win some of those decisions but first of all, we have got to get our house in order.

So, but I think that is a valid recommendation.

I hope that we will reject the proposed cuts and instead work with you to ensure that the Service has the resources necessary to remain a leader in natural resources.