Absolutely they should, and that was a big, big focus of my testimony.

You get a lot more common sense the closer to the ground you get.

It absolutely is affecting hunting opportunities and affecting people's ability to harvest elk, for example.

I am so delighted that the Natural Resources Committee Chairman, Doc Hastings, has chosen to be here today.

The ultimate goal of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 was species recovery.

Would I be able to, if I visited your State, and you took me to a mine that was done pre-1977 versus post-1977, do you think I might be able to tell the difference?

Have those moneys since 1977 been used to reclaim pre-SMCRA blighted and abandoned coal mines?

Is that stagecraft, or does that stream really exist?

So, would you deny that the gentleman was correct, that once upon a time in this country, mining was not properly reclaimed?

Thank you, gentlemen, for being here today.

Incredibly, the President is even attempting to limit the global use of coal by restricting international aid for it in developing countries.

I had tee shirts made for my second campaign that said 'Lummis rhymes with hummus' on them.

Unfortunately, this is one campaign promise that the President appears determined to keep.

Coal is of critical importance to the United States.

Adding injury to insult, this attack is being led by our own President.

Rarely, however, has such a beneficial, life-improving resource upon which society depends been under such hostile attack.

EPA is just one agency leading the war on coal.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for sponsoring this amendment. Mr. Chairman, the New START Treaty does not require the closing of an ICBM facility, but the purpose of this study is to close an ICBM wing or squadron. While President…

Clearly, EPA should do much more to put this information into context

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The ICBM land-based missiles are the most cost-economical deterrent of the nuclear triad. This is the most efficient way to deter our enemies.

Sadly, the Agency's track record in this regard, particularly in my home State of Wyoming, gives me little confidence.

The EPA's Study of the Potential Impact on--of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources has been going on for over three years now, and the final report is expected next year.

Last month, the Agency decided to terminate work on its draft report that wrongly alleged that groundwater contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming, was related to fracking.

I am troubled that the Agency continues to insist that it 'stands by its work' on Pavillion.

The American people sent you a letter and asked, 'When are we going to receive our cooperating responses?'