Thad Cochran: “I was pleased with the rulemaking your Department issued in January of this year that outlines how hurricane victims can…”

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

If we go back in sequestration, what affect would it have on the Corps of Engineers, Mr. Speer?

I am concerned that the 22 percent funding cut proposed for NIH could negatively affect longstanding research endeavors.

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.