I think we can all agree that money is better spent on protecting habitat on the ground than sitting in special accounts at the BLM.

This legislation was developed in order to resolve outstanding wilderness study areas in Humboldt County.

I can't think of two more important issues facing us.

People don't know. People just don't know. And I think if they knew, they might care.

Clearly, industry is understanding, boy, it is time to get this information out there because more people are becoming concerned.

I appreciate this hearing today to understand where the private sector is on voluntary Do-Not-Track agreements.

As Senator Heller has already pointed out, something has to pay for all the wonderful free sites and services we enjoy today, and that is advertising and data.

Just to follow up, would you agree that my name, what I bought, my address, and other very identifiable pieces of information are collected elsewhere on the Internet?

I think that a result on this issue by the private sector is the most appropriate way to go.

I believe the goal here is consumer education and choice, but it should be from the private sector.

The question really being discussed here is not whether tracking is happening, because it is.

I know this issue is important to you, and obviously, it is important to all of us up here as we are asking these questions.

After today's vote, I guess, on the Senate floor, I am also going to be taxed. But that is a different discussion for another time.

Are there online advertising companies that do collect and use such information about their users?

The people of Nevada deserve to be safe in their own backyards.

my amendment reinforces the important role of States having primary responsibility for wildlife management. If the sage-grouse is listed as an endangered species, it will hurt most States in the western portion of the country. It will make…

I thank the Senator from Washington for providing time. I rise to discuss three of my amendments that I filed to the budget, amendment Nos. 293, 476, and 477. My first amendment deals with an issue that is very important to my home State…

the federal government's ownership of vast quantities of land not only limits the self-determination and economic development, it also robs local communities of property tax revenues and the taxes associated with private business…

Let me move in a different direction with a similar question, and that has to do with the GAO report.

OK. So that is solved.

What do you need? Do you need more individuals? Do you need more resources, bodies? What is it going to take to fix this backlog?

the concern from every organization that has come before this Committee is that we are not going to meet that 2015 deadline.

I got a phone call from a woman in Reno who's husband has an Agent Orange issue and has been delayed for over a year and one-half.

Thanks for holding this hearing. This is good. This is really what we need across this country and in Nevada obviously I get the same phone calls that the other Senators are getting.

I am concerned, as everybody else here on this Committee is, the fact that we have 10,000 claims backlogged right now in Nevada.