James Thompson
The Public Record
If we don't get costs down, then I think employer coverage is increasingly at risk.
I actually have introduced, passed out of the House the Servicemember Telemedicine and E-Health Portability Act, which frankly is a piece of legislation I wrote with folks at the Pentagon after--we have a son and daughter-in-law in the 3rd Infantry Division.
I want to, Ms. Campbell, come back to, first of all, congratulations on what you have done using telecommunications for access to health care.
Our affordable and predictable natural gas prices are a direct result of our ability to produce it through horizontal drilling and hydrofracturing.
It appears to me the Forest Service has no credible reason for moving in this direction.
I am extremely concerned about the Forest Service placing a moratorium on applications for permits to drill any 'horizontal well and associated hydraulic fracturing.'
Any action to prevent their development should be based on sound science and fact, not philosophy and not political agendas.
I cannot let stand the accusation that the Obama Administration is somehow banning horizontal drilling on public lands based on what is happening in the George Washington National Forest.
Many of these programs, such as the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, were created with the purpose of fostering the creation of the next generation of advanced biofuels.





