I hope that we can use this hearing to better understand the magnitude of the impact of these droughts across many of our Western states.
I think this is the new normal that we are going to have for at least several years.
I think the thing I like best about cooperation is that farmers and ranchers and tribes and everybody come together.
I would like to thank Chairwoman Murkowski for scheduling this important hearing.
I generally think this hearing is about the new normal that we are seeing in drought conditions; we need new solutions.
I look forward to working with the Committee to improve federal incentives under the title IV-E program.
I applaud the Chairman and Ranking Member for holding today's important hearing on the use of group homes in states' child welfare systems.
We should be exploring ways to responsibly limit the use of congregate care so that it supplements, rather than supplants, family-based care...
We are not getting screwed over again by another ENRON style scheme, like: 'look over here, but don't pay attention to what is really going ...
In conclusion, Congress has an important role to play in advancing the modernization of our nation's electric grid.
We need to consider resilience in our infrastructure investment, making sure that we also are making it part of a key energy security equati...