Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to you and Chairman Bishop for this opportunity by granting the request to myself, Representative Schrader, and Walden for a legislative hearing...
The timing is very important. I have a number of counties in Western Oregon that are on the brink of insolvency.
The O&C Lands are legally unique and have been at the center of expensive and complex legal challenges.
I have been involved in the fight over mining reform, and I did the royalty amendment back in 1994.
Why wouldn't we just say we want a royalty?
This is extraordinary, and I just find this very, very hard to believe.
I disagree strongly with the Office of Management and Budget that the safe and secure county rural schools funds are sub...
I mean, if you see this cliff coming, you know, have you made the States aware of it, because if they have a 2-year proj...
I have been on an issue for quite some time now, and we are talking about the logbooks and we are talking about safety, ...
I just got--my most recent numbers I have are that the National State of Good Repair Assessment estimates that $77.7 bil...
I mean, we killed some people here in DC because of the outmoded equipment, and so I am sure elsewhere we have problems.