"we are eating our seed corn. That is my great concern about our budget for research."
"America is tired of government folks coming up and saying that a budget increase of five percent is a tough choice."
"I am afraid we are not making tough choices."
"What happens to those parking spots?"
"What happens to the--do you maintain the 961 spaces under those two plans?"
"Is the plan ultimately that as these beachside spaces, if they get washed away, are you going to spend the money to replace them or are you going to migrate it offsite?"
"why should we fund two different agencies that aren't obviously communicating with each other on an issue of this importance?"
"We need to ensure that our regulatory processes are based on sound science."
"Reforming environmental science should not be a partisan issue."
"Our regulatory system must be based on the best available science."
"The Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act... was last reauthorized for fiscal year 1981."
"Unfortunately, the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act, or ERDDAA, which is the statute authorizing R&D at EPA as well as the Science Advisory Board, was last reau..."