Betty McCollum

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Is your home vented then and who paid for the venting?

I think our challenge is going to be for some of our colleagues on the floor to explain why we would have Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife expending funds internationally.

I knew this panel rocked.

Congresswoman McCollum, you know, appreciate all your support.

I think it pays to be proactive and to be prepared.

I do not doubt your sincerity for a second, I truly do not.

I am trying to understand some of the budget correlations.

I think we not only have a potential of seeing what our forestry service is experiencing, our State forestry services are experiencing with cuts but eventually there is going to be a huge labor shortage

I think we can all agree, letting natural gas just be burned off is something that future generations, will look back and say what were you folks thinking when energy is going to become scarcer as generations go on.

if we do not have a formalized process, if we do not have something that is written on paper that is implemented, there is very little security.

We cannot limit our activities to the Great Lakes. We need to look into the Ohio River, into the Mississippi River basin.

Attitudes are shifting in China in part because of what we have done.

I want to take a second and thank all the people who work in the Park Service

I would like to see a breakdown about how much, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, other urban areas, what they are really going to be looking at doing

I look forward to seeing a breakdown in the pilots on this new landscape program.

food security is a basic human right, and recognized by the United Nations, and affirmed by the United States in the international covenant of civil and political rights

a comprehensive and scientifically proven mitigation and monitoring plan must be developed to provide oversight for Arctic industry activities that could impact our food security, way of life, and health of our peoples

I share the Chair's optimistic view that we will not go back there again.

The more I delve into some of the work that U.S. Fish and Wildlife does, the Park Service does, USGS does...

U.S. service men and women are often deployed to tropical disease epidemic regions.

Instead, find the political courage to put new revenue on the table to fund our national security priorities.

the President had proposed $56 billion in additional spending above the Murray-Ryan budget for 2015, and that was paid for with tax reforms and mandatory spending cuts.

It is with tremendous sadness that I mourn the passing of Chairman C.W. Bill Young--an inspiring colleague and an outspoken champion for the U.S. military.

That rate is half of what our state sees for white students.

Could you set up a meter that would watch how much I am using to consume for my basic needs versus my lawn care?