"The administration's proposal to cut State regulatory grants--a proposal that is based on the unsupported assumption that State permit fees can be quickly raised to fill the budget hole--is completely unrealistic."
"We appreciate the strong support the subcommittee provided last year and ask you to provide the same funding in fiscal year 2011 as you did in fiscal year 2010."
"We urge the Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to appropriate adequate funding for the USDA Forest Service (USFS) to manage non-native insects and plant diseases that thre..."
"I extend heartfelt thanks to you and the subcommittee for providing an additional $4 million for SHPOs in fiscal year 2010."
"It means that for millions of Americans premiums will go up because those -- when people pay those new taxes, premiums will go up and they will also go up because of the government mandates."
"It means that, for millions of Americans, premiums will go up, because those -- when -- when people pay those new taxes, premiums will go up, and they will also go up because of the government mandate..."
"You know the buzz word this week in Washington seems to be that Washington doesn't work, that's not necessarily true on electric cars or even clean energy."
"Government subsidies are a problem, in the sense that, once they get started, they're hard to stop."
"The President's been a leader on electric cars, and all 40 Republicans have endorsed the idea of doubling--of making electric cars and trucks our--you know, half of our vehicles."
"We're very excited, in Tennessee, that Nissan's going to be building not only the Leaf there, it's going to be building the batteries there for the Leaf."
"11 academies in industrialized countries say that climate change is real and humans have caused most of the recent warming."