Jerry Moran

Thank you both Secretaries, for joining us today.

Taxpayers have pumped tens of billions into the failed giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and it is highly unlikely that they will be made whole.

We need to ensure that the American taxpayer will not be subject to such exposure again.

Another point I would make, though, Senator, is well, is one of the consequences that we have seen in the--through this crisis has been an increasing concentration of lending.

I am humbled today to deliver my initial, my very first speech on the floor of the Senate and to discuss a topic of vital importance to our country's future--our Nation's fiscal health. It is a privilege to join the distinguished Members…

I would encourage you, Mr. Secretary, to allow a very transparent post-economic analysis process at the Department.

I think generally, we've fallen behind in regard to the resources going into agriculture research, as compared to other research.

the draft proposal that you have put forth does not demonstrate the things that you said about the broad scientific evidence.

I am fearful that if that carve-out does not occur and decisions are made by those policymakers not responsible to rural America, those critical access hospitals could easily be a target for reduced spending which in my view causes the…

What is the plan for the carve out for critical access hospitals and what is the administration's plan in regard to the so-called doc fix?

It's very appealing to me.

I have genuine concern about what is happening in regard to teachers.

I made my position clear on the Affordable Care Act, and that is known.

This network of centers drives basic research, brings individuals into clinical trials, and, most importantly, leads to the development of new treatment advances that will change the course of cancer for all Americans and individuals…

Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, thank you. And let me express my gratitude to all of you for your public service.

I fear that part of the potential demise of our healthcare delivery system will be related to the Government's reimbursement of healthcare providers.

The fact is we know we can do this. We can get a good appropriation bill. We can make surgical cuts and we can agree on those surgical cuts. But let's not try to put together a dump truck that includes in it every possible controversial…

So many of our brand-new colleagues seem to have run on the thesis that government can't be the solution to any of your problems, rather that "it" is the problem, that it can't be counted upon to help people, that it can't even be counted…

I represent a State in which we are often thought of as the Wheat State, and we are clearly that.

I was pleased to see the support by a majority of House Members for this project.

bankers continue to suggest that the ability to make loans is significantly hampered by the regulatory environment

This amendment would stop a very careful planning process that determines what routes off-road vehicles can use through our national forests. Now over the past few decades, we know that the availability and capability of off-road vehicles…

I would ask my friend from Georgia: What's the alternative? Should we have gone into Rwanda? The U.N. was an abysmal failure, but where was the United States? And if we didn't have the United Nations, the United States would be asked to…

This is the 21st century. We have to live with our neighbors. If the United Nations didn't exist, we would have to create it. The fact is that even the Government Accountability Office estimates that a U.N. peacekeeping force is eight…

This is very important. We talked to the general counsel at the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Goodlatte is wrong on this. He says--his amendment says none of the funds may be intended to fund EPA. But his amendment actually doesn't…