"Dams and fish can co-exist, but we must get out of the courtroom and allow fish recovery to continue."
"H.R. 3144, sponsored by Mrs. McMorris Rodgers of Washington State."
"Hydropower is a reliable and emissions-free source of electricity that accounts for a majority of the Nation's total renewable electricity generation."
"Despite all the benefits it brings to the region, the Federal Columbia River Power System has been mired in third-party litigation, questionable judicial edicts and onerous Federal regulations for dec..."
"The bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3144, introduced by Mrs. McMorris Rodgers of Washington, looks to provide certainty and reliability to a hydropower system thrust into a state of legal purgatory."
"H.R. 3916, the Federally Integrated Species Health Act--or FISH Act--introduced by Mr. Calvert of California, is the second bipartisan-supported bill."
"Barack Obama summed up the need for this bill as well as any of us could here could."
"This bill would simply codify the current BiOp and reassert Congress' authority over the dams."
"It is estimated that we could have a nationwide doctor shortage of 23,000 by 2025."
"That is why it is so important that we reauthorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program."
"My legislation, H.R. 3394, aims to not only reauthorize this critical workforce program, but expand it."
"I am pleased to support this legislation."