Jeanne Shaheen

The priorities that the task force laid out included ecosystem-based management, comprehensive coastal and marine spatial planning...

I would just encourage you to continue that effort, because it continues to be a very big issue for small business.

I share the concern that you and the chairman have expressed about the impact that climate change is having on our national parks.

I want to thank Chairman Kerry and Ranking Member Lugar for holding this important hearing today and for their past efforts to build and foster the critical trans-Atlantic alliance.

I think there were a number of people who were, frankly, a little surprised but very much appreciated the support from evangelical Christians for addressing climate change.

I have known Susan for over--well, for about 20 years and I have been an admirer of her exemplary commitment to public service.

I am particularly interested in that, being the House author of the Violence Against Women Act.

I'm still trying to understand exactly what this more sustainable strategy is between military buildup and total withdrawal.

I certainly stand ready to do that.

Thank you both for all of the efforts underway in Pakistan to help the refugees.

As we are thinking about how we look at our foreign aid efforts and revise them for the future, how should we be factoring climate change in and coordinating with what we need to do in that area?

We need to make sure that we are getting the most for our money.

It is one of our best and most important nonmilitary instruments of power.

Foreign assistance is critical in promoting U.S. interests across the globe.

Most people think of our big forests all being out West, but actually the three most heavily forested states in the country are in the East.

I think it makes sense to have a fund that we can use because obviously this problem is not going to go away.

One of the things that I've been reading about the cause of so many of these dramatic fires that we've seen in recent years is that climate change has had an impact.

It's very clear, I think, to people in New Hampshire, that this is a challenge that we face, and we'd better respond to it.

This is something that we've got to address.

I guess the concern that I have, particularly right now, and given the urgency of what we need to do, is whether or not--given our commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, if we have the capacity to engage our military in this fight.

I certainly would agree with that, that the Governors in Nigeria, by and large, did not share the commitment to transparency, and corruption was rampant.

I would like to follow up on Senator Lugar's questioning about Nigeria. I was there in both 2006 and 2007--before the elections, and during the elections in 2007--and couldn't agree more that governance is a major issue there, as we look…

They don't need someone from the Park Service coming in and telling them how to build a trail.

You can see why Sharon is so good at what she does.

The Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act establishes a grant and technical assistance program to carry out conservation, restoration, as well as historic and cultural preservation efforts in the Upper Connecticut River Watershed.