Every time that a TV ad runs on our cable television station at home that says don't just do something, sit there, I go springing out of my seat because I realize all Americans watch too much TV, and we are all insufficiently exercised.

Do your CDC studies differentiate between urban and rural areas?

In Wyoming, we had a terrible methamphetamine problem, terrible, and some substance abuse problems, unrelated to meth, that were rising, alcohol being the largest.

I wonder if that might work for food, where every time you turn on the TV or a radio or a billboard or you drive by a building that has a wall, you are bombarded with that message.

good leadership skills, good people skills and good issue skills do not necessarily all go together

I have been an employee of government, I have been an employer or a manager within government...

There are some real opportunities to use economic values of the excess and growing amount of wood on the public lands...

But I have also spent a considerable amount of time in the private sector, and when I look at the economic challenges that are occurring now in our country they seem to be borne much more heavily by the private sector than the public…

Congress and the administration need to work together to ensure that adequate resources are available such as making sure that agencies are using all of the tools at their disposal.

I appreciate the portions of your testimony about clearing red tape associated with filling a growing number of open positions in public land management agencies.

If you wonder why we have a fire problem on the national forest, we are adding tremendous amount of fuel.

I did a little back-of-the-envelope calculation a couple of years ago that on just the roaded portion of the national forest we are adding roughly 4 billion cubic feet of wood a year...

I would like to also acknowledge and applaud military efforts to work with clean coal technologies.

Well, Mr. Chairman, a number of us are concerned about the nuclear potential of Iran, and its low-grade capabilities seem to be there now.

We are proud of FE Warren's efforts in becoming energy sustainable and doing it in a renewable fashion.

I want to stress the importance, I believe, in the Iran and North Korean issues.

are there any planned reductions in our nuclear arsenal that are going to be reflected in the President's budget when we receive more detail?

So my question, Dr. Atkinson, is how can we ensure fair treatment for rural Western States whose low population alone does not tell the whole story of their significance to our highway system?

Mr. Chairman, I certainly concur that deferring tax increases during tough economic times is a really good idea; and thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I am from Wyoming, which is the lowest population State in the Nation and the ninth largest in terms of surface area.

The President's budget proposes to repeal the intangible drilling cost deduction for oil and gas producers.

This has been a very informative panel, and I am deeply grateful to all of you for attending today.

I look forward to working with you on conservation-easement issues.

I hope to follow up with you specifically on that point because we are terribly concerned.

The beetle kill in Colorado and Wyoming is absolutely devastating.