Mark Amodei

I think that is a very fair question. I asked you 9 days ago.

How is that justifiable?

Thank you for putting it delicately.

We want to talk to you about it, what's going on my neck of the woods, that sort of stuff, and so I think regardless of where you think we ought to be or what, the agency has been phenomenally cooperative and a standout in my experience in…

I think now, with the change of the leadership with this House, I think you all have a much stronger voice in your negotiations with the Senate.

Help me. Why are all of the private sector people being told, 'Figure out a way to launder your money,' but yet the government's political subdivisions are saying, 'Pay the IRS in cash'?

I am just waiting for the day when there is somebody on the panel from Nevada, which, by the way, does not stand for some kind of skunk or----

I would just like to associate myself with your remarks.

I am kind of thinking one of the things we need to look at is we've got to start building some fences around that money.

What we spend on natural resources as a part of the Federal budget is not extravagant or even a lot, and yet we continue to watch the funding trends go down.

I am not a guy who says more money is the answer to everything, but I am also the guy who says I think the last resource administration was the Teddy Roosevelt Administration.

I think we need to talk about that because, quite frankly, I know it is a source of some frustration for you guys too.

Thank you for the fact that you have been more than forthcoming in terms of making your different folks available for getting familiar with what is going on.

Thank you for being here. Let me just say first off, I wanted to thank you, Inspector General, and specifically Gil Harden, for meeting with my office and accepting our request, along with Representative Fitzpatrick, for a new audit of the…

When we talk about this appropriations process, and it is like, Well, hey, if you want a Federal building or whatever, then that costs money.

If it could include also, to the extent that your agency knows, its lease portfolio in that neck of the woods, I would like an idea of that.

Can you send somebody from your Department under your supervision to my office to give us a briefing on this?

I would hope that the leases that the department has entered into, especially in areas that are prone to flooding, wind, etc., we talk about whose responsibility it is to fix those.

Listen, I am not anticipating it, but if that happens, it would be nice to know that, hey, guess what?

We are not upgrading or adding to Forest Service assets. We are fixing what existed the day before the storm.

The reason that I am asking that is because, in my State, where 86 percent of it is owned by the Federal Government...

This looks like a pretty comprehensive look at an area that you folks have some responsibility in.

I want to make sure that the $96 million is for hurricane assistance recovery.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In title IX, strike section 906. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from…

If they are acting as the appellate authority, then it would seem to me that if they are in fact using the same counsel, you are kind of combining, if you will, the prosecutorial with the judicial thing