I just had an example last week in my office where there's a critical rail project in my district...

Bottom line, there is no excuse for unnecessary bureaucratic delays, and we have got to look at ways to eliminate those sorts of things.

What makes a nationwide ban so important is the fact that distracted driving is a practice that is not isolated within particular States.

I believe that the companion is Mrs. McCarthy's bill that she spoke about this morning.

H.R. 3535, the Alert Drivers Act, which I was proud to introduce with my colleague, Nita Lowey, I believe represents a strong first step toward combating preventable roadway accidents.

I certainly am willing to work with the Committee and Secretary LaHood to come to a solution down the road.

I think it is important that aside from all of the votes that we take here in Congress and the legislation we could push, probably one of the most powerful things that we each have is our respective bully pulpits.

It seems to me that would be a useful educational tool.

I commend the Secretary for making this an issue. Certainly more people are talking about it because of your leadership, because of the work of your department.

The Forest Service has proposed, there is a road that bisects the wilderness, to close it, Road 4100.

We feel a tremendous sense of urgency.

We are going the wrong way here.

The citizens who helped craft this bill and those who have worked to protect Utah's Red Rock Country for more than 25 years are deeply grateful for your vision and steadfast commitment to these magnificent wild lands.

It was a big lie put forward by the Bush administration.

Well, we agree on the last point, a long-term; and I mean a six-year bill is what I would say is a long term.

There is sort of a common myth out there that if something is a wilderness we won't fight fire.

I have also forwarded to the Secretary, and it may come to your office, a draft of legislation I propose to change the management on these lands and on the Forest Service lands

What if we raise the minimums? Now, wouldn't that resolve at least some of these issues?

I call it exploitation by a profit making entity.

So $1 per hour. That means I fly weekly to the West coast, 4-1/2, 5-hour flight... to get there alive?

Frankly, we must also hold these entities accountable for the results of their efforts, and under the leadership of President Obama, we have a once in a lifetime chance to enact legislation that can finally set us on the path to restoring…

a cap-and-trade system is prone to market manipulation and speculation without any guarantee of meaningful greenhouse gas emission reductions. A cap-and-trade has been operating in Europe for 3 years and is largely a failure.

I think it would be a better investment than the 20 bucks a week that only those who still have jobs are getting.

Is that acceptable to this Administration, 18 months with no change in policy? Is that acceptable?

Can we afford to walk away from six million jobs? I don't think so.