Thad Cochran: “I do not know of any hotter seat in the country right now than yours, looking at the gasoline prices at the pumps.”

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.

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

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.

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