Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

What troubles me about the Administration's approach now is you all are turning a historical obligation into a year to year gamble.

We just cannot put rural communities in this place where a, I don't think a lot of them are going to survive.

When the oil and gas companies drill on public lands they're required to pay royalties.

I mean the point is this is relevant to the budget.

What you've described is almost the elder abuse equivalent of the medical home.

I think your contribution, the legislation, and the fact that you always use this committee as a bully pulpit to layout how important it is that we address these concerns, is a huge public service.

Can I have it in 2 weeks?

The agency is too dependent on industry data. It's not possible to determine what taxpayers are getting relative to what's owed.

I'm going to keep Chairman Kohl in charge of the uber knowledge.

We're trying to figure out exactly what's happened.

the bully pulpit makes a big difference, whether it's in Congress or in the Executive Branch.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for the extra time.

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I'm going to insist on significant reforms in this area.

I want to see us come up with a bipartisan set of reforms for the PATRIOT Act; we're not there yet.

I don't take a back seat to anyone when it comes to protecting intelligence sources, operations and methods.

In your view, what impact have these sanctions had on the Iranian regime today?

Your testimony said that the IC, the intelligence community, continues to judge that Iran's nuclear decisionmaking is guided by a cost-benefit approach rather than a determination to pursue nuclear weapons at all cost.