Cynthia Lummis

Do settlements have set formulas for determining new damages for the same claimant? Or could additional damages be incurred?

I think you were asked today to go throw yourself under the bus in front of a congressional committee that is frustrated with the approach that the new administration is taking with regard to addressing nuclear waste issues.

So you are telling me it is exponentially more cost, more expensive than storage?

And don't the advantages of fuel recycling warrant further study, including ways to make it more cost effective and proliferation resistant?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Dr. Romer.

If we don't protect these forest industries, to a certain extent we are fueling our own problems.

Eight months ago Wyoming had three large operating sawmills in our state. Since then, two of them have closed.

When Congressman Polis said we are focused now on triage, that is all we can do.

What specific and immediate steps can the Forest Service take to step up--and I want to emphasize that word--step up the reduction of this growing hazardous fuel load in the west?

It would be so great if they could be used for creating fuel.

And I would encourage President Obama to make Representative Minnick the Forest Czar, to address bark beetle issues.

Wyoming and her people are proud of the way our state has helped manage and protect our public lands and resources.

It is time we learn what tools our land managers need to address this epidemic and ensure they have those tools at their disposal.

Good stewardship of the land is a Wyoming value I hold very personally dear.

It is time we learned what tools our land managers need to address this epidemic.

Healthy forests are integral to our lives and livelihoods.

I appreciated your testimony and your desire to teach people and different generations about respect for land and culture.

Why should Congress not apply the same criteria to the request of Native Hawaiians as is applied to the tribes that I deal with within the contiguous United States?

It allows them to begin the first what I call baby steps toward that, which quite frankly is a little bit less than what other people have gotten over the years.

If Congress were to freeze spending at 2009 fiscal year levels and freeze release of the TARP funds at the end of the this fiscal year, do you believe the economy will have recovered adequately that we could then begin to address the debt…

A quick question about government intervention in our economy, given the degree and depth of the government intervention in the economy, which is the highest since World War II, can you estimate how long it might take for the government to…

Suppose if we froze spending of the Federal Government's budgets at 2009 level and then let the stimulus package continue to work, would that be a way to begin to address the deficit and the debt as well as allow the stimulus monies to…

If Congress just increases taxes to eliminate the deficit in 10 years, let's say, without cutting spending, could that have an effect on our economic recovery, a negative effect?

I wish all of the forests were managed as well as the Black Hills National Forest.

I have always thought when it came to NEPA and FLIPMA that local governments were supposed to receive the opportunity to cooperate with the Federal Government with regard to land planning.