Maurice Hinchey

I want to express also my deep appreciation and gratitude to the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, Nick Rahall, for working with me to move this important piece of legislation. I also would like to thank Chairman Grijalva and…

I can't give you an exact time when we will be able to move forward with the policies, but we are working on it very hard.

I cannot help but say that that would be a mistake, and it would be a big mistake in more than one way.

We need to know what they are, and I think if we know what they are, if there is a requirement they be revealed, the whole situation is going to be changed and made much safer.

An awful lot of money has been spent here, an awful lot of things have been done, and this is something that is really significant.

I would deeply appreciate it if you could send me a copy of whatever communication that you provide to the Governor of the State of New York on this issue.

That is an important thing, and I very much appreciate it.

I just want to express to you, Secretary Salazar, my great appreciation for you and for all the very appropriate and high quality attention you are giving to the responsibilities that you have.

I am deeply concerned about it, and I want to see if we can change this and keep it going because it is in the best interest of the country historically but also economically.

I believe that there is clearly a role for the Federal Government when it comes to federally-supported parks.

I regard it as a very important issue.

This is remarkable because this is going to reduce funding for the state.

The protecting of our wild public lands, of course, as we know, is something that is deeply important.

I have deep concerns about some of the legacy policies put in place under the previous administration and which remain in effect today.

Do you plan to keep in place the current policies that essentially prohibit new off-reservation gaming operations, or are you considering, just considering, changing this policy, and what can we expect to hear in the context of some kind…

We are introducing legislation that would require that process to come back.

I wonder if you may have considered requiring operators on Federal leases to publicly disclose all of the chemical compounds they use in operations on those leases?

We do not want that species to be eliminated.

It is something being examined here in the context of this Congress in legislation that has been introduced on both sides.

The oil and gas reforms that you proposed earlier this year were among those that were very positive, and I and many others thank you for proposing them.

if we can prevent pollution from occurring and dangers to the public health, we certainly ought to do that because we have huge examples for many centuries in this country where we haven't prevented the pollution and we end up having to…

It could make a very significant difference. It could bring back a lot of energy, it could bring back a lot of enterprise in various ways, it could bring back a lot of jobs.

I think it is being done under pressure and in the sense of things that have to be done, but these are little things that are going to have adverse consequences.

I think that this Administration probably realizes that this is not a wise thing to do.

The economic circumstances around the country are having adverse affects on virtually every state.