So you are open to looking at the same combat-related compensation plan.

The fund has provided countless opportunities for hunting and fishing and other recreation uses, and it has helped support state and local conservation.

This iconic program that has helped protect many of our nation's most iconic and most popular national parks, forests, and public lands is, I think, a treasure in itself.

Thank you for scheduling this important hearing today on Earth Day to review the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Many of us with significant public lands in our state have seen the impacts of protecting these landscapes and providing for outdoor recreation which brings strong economic benefits.

Our nation's economy depends on civil aviation, which connects businesses and consumers around the globe.

I think these are big tasks and I think we should, Madam Chair, continue to pay a lot of attention to this because I think, as we were talking earlier, these are big opportunities.

The state of Washington is very excited about telemedicine and I would just say health care innovation overall.

Aviation manufacturing is important to my state, but it's also vitally important to our Nation's economy.

I am always struck, when you two gentlemen are before the committee, that there are many things that you actually agree on.

I also do not apologize for our country being a leader in aerospace manufacturing and making a great product that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

I think that I would put up our manufacturing skills against anybody in the world.

I come from a big manufacturing State, and it has a lot of labor members in it, and it has a lot of people who support trade.

I think it is important that the U.S. is likely to become less reliant on imported energy but will still remain a net oil importer for the entire forecast period.

I definitely am a big supporter of TAA and do not think that we should be doing TPA or TPP without it.

I would just say no one is proposing these East/West pipelines.

I thank the Senator from Oregon for his leadership on this legislation and on health care in general. I will always think of him as a Senator who has been an advocate for reforming our health care system and oftentimes wanting to move…

I rise to talk about a provision in this legislation intended to move the health care payment system toward better outcomes and efficiency. Physicians in my State and others are innovating by partnering with high-performing Medicare…

I would encourage you to continue to have that level of vigilance. I think that is what the American public wants.

I just can't emphasize enough how important this is.

the Gardner amendment would radically change the way water is handled on public lands. There are real concerns about how Federal land management agencies deal with water, particularly in the drought-afflicted West. But this amendment is so…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. While there are many of us who support full funding for PILT, this amendment is impractical. In fact, the Congressional Research Service reports indicate that attempts to set up tax…

I would like to start by offering my condolences to the loved ones of passengers and crew from Germanwings Flight 9525.

In recent years I have seen a lot of attempts in various piecemeal fashions and what is really needed, I think, is an overall 21st Century Management Plan.

I rise to join my colleague from Washington, Senator Murray, on the observance of this very solemn milestone. This Sunday will be 1 year since this catastrophic event. I want to thank Senator Murray for something she did not mention, which…