Jerry Moran

I join with my colleagues here today in respectfully requesting that this committee allocate $180 million to the National Endowment for the Arts so that the arts and arts education remain pillars in the communities they serve.

As far as I am concerned, since this is very much a matter of leveraging, it would be unfortunate to enable the States to supplant their own contribution with Federal funds, so I would hope that not be done.

We do need an active, engaged and competent assembly of scientists to ensure that the Federal Land Management agencies make responsible policy decisions as stewards of our public lands and water.

In 2008, the Office of Surface Mining amended the stream buffer rule to provide exemptions to allow industry to place fill in streams if one could demonstrate that it was not possible to comply with the 1983 rule.

I personally think that we need to find a more bullet proof way to keep a solid national backbone of streamgages in the national interest.

I think we are going to find more and more members that have problems within their water supply

If you could share with us just a few minutes on the ethical leadership programs that you conduct, whether you are able to meet the demand, and where the demand comes from?

This bureau has a great history of accomplishment. It goes all the way back to the land classification work of John Wesley Powell in 1878, and then the Congress established it in 1879.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairwoman. That was a superb statement and consistent with the insight that you have provided us for years.

The exciting thing as a company is concerned is that if we could find a way to capture--that would be a real solution and maybe the only alternative.

The US Geological Survey actually has a very strong request, over $1 billion, and given the fact that there has been a freeze across all domestic discretionary programs, the relatively modest increase is nevertheless significant and shows…

This great Nation needs, deserves, and must support art as do other nations around the globe.

I do not think we are looking for a climate change czar.

I think it is just absolutely critical to where we are.

The arts have got to play a vital role. If we are smart about it, they will.

It is amazing, the number of people for whom the NEA has given a kick-start that they could sustain through their career, and how much all of us have benefited from that.

There is, I think, a real danger in us not really mixing and getting to know each other and socializing like we used to.

And congratulations on your first hearing. It was superb.

Thank you very much, Dr. McNutt. That was a comprehensive and yet concise statement. I fully appreciate it, and we appreciate your leadership.

In last year's budget, you proposed and promoted fully funding the 50 percent federal match for the States programs.

It is not in my district but a number of other members, it is in their district, and eventually it will be in ours in Washington, D.C., too, as we have to deal with this problem.

They are increasingly looking at aesthetics and music and so on in terms of the healing of returning wounded warriors.

This is and has been and will continue to be a priority, and we really appreciate that, Ms. Slaughter.

I want to make it clear for the record, what you did was to enable people who are currently employed in large part to be sustained in their efforts to maintain artistic activities.

I represent part of the Chesapeake Bay area, the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay, and I have some concerns about what may be red flags.