Jerry Moran

But I think there is a consensus growing that this has to be dealt with, and it cannot be dealt with as we have been budgeting in the past.

We are not going to create the sacrificial areas on the Mall, not with how important it is

The parks were a symbol of the government but it was a symbol that people had taken for granted

I have no forests in my district, but we have people who are desperate to be able to get out into open space.

While harvesting is obviously an integral part of forest management, just for the record, the Forest Service was actually initially established to protect clean sources of water.

We are very supportive of the program, however much you want to request and use of it because it has been very successful in terms of leveraging resources.

I do think it provides more political support for the Forest Service around the country than would otherwise be the case.

Mr. Calvert, before Mr. Simpson leaves, I do want to put on the record, because I do not know whether it has been reported on much but what he did in terms of the fire budget showed real leadership.

I share the view of the Chairman on a number of points with regard to the budget.

I cannot imagine the outcome for this request would be different this year.

I appreciate the Administration's recognition of the hard work done by Chairman Simpson here in the House.

I am concerned that asset managers who simply administer customer accounts may be proceeding down a path of additional regulation that, in my view, may be inappropriate for that industry.

I think there is merit to achieving this goal. I think it enhances the wireless industry's ability to deliver.

FedRAMP certification seems to me to be pretty important.

I look forward to us pursuing policies and encouraging agencies to develop plans that alter the landscape significantly in efficiency and effectiveness.

I am really interested in making certain that we do our jobs appropriately. Information is key to the ability to do that.

One of the reasons was that the committee that makes spending decisions, maybe we are spending too much money, we can spend less.

I appreciate that attitude and very much would like to see that policy implemented.

So when you indicated to the committee that you support a change in policy, that does not at this point necessarily mean it will occur.

Is this change in policy that you have determined as necessary, is it subject to negotiations with the union?

My understanding is that you believe that the policy was absent and needed to be put in place to prevent the bonuses from being paid to employees at the IRS who have not or did not pay their taxes.

I hope you are successful in accomplishing that.

I don't know that the IRS brings many smiles.

If there is a problem in this space, as Senator Vitter said, this is a matter to bring to Congress and for us to determine what the laws should be.

I miss the days in which there were Members of Congress who spoke for the role of Congress in making policy decisions as compared to deferring to regulators.