"today over 40 percent of your budget is devoted to wildland fire management. This is a dramatic increase from 13 percent of your budget in 1991."
"A natural disaster is not the time to play politics with recovery money."
"I strongly support the President's supplementary request for 615 million in wildfire suppression."
"I also want to acknowledge Senator McCain's work along with Senator Barrasso and Flake for their interest to be able to find a solution to this problem."
"The Wilderness Society strongly supports S. 1875, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013, co-sponsored by Senators Wyden and Crapo."
"Demographics of Unaccompanied Children"
"I want to underscore that: 'Diplomatic efforts.'"
"I think we have to go back to the base law, which is the 1980 Refugee Act, which establishes the basic right of refugees to come to this country."
"Everybody has been referring to the 2008 law, which I have also reviewed."
"Child development is a cornerstone for all development and is central to U.S. and diplomatic efforts."
"The goal of the U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity... is to achieve a world in which all children grow up with protective family care and free from deprivation, exploitation, and dan..."