I think most of my colleagues would agree with me that would help a lot in restorations and in post emergency type activities.

We need to work together as neighbors to address land management challenges.

I support the core goal of improving coordination and cooperation across political boundaries.

These challenges, such as preventing wildfires, removing invasive species, improving watersheds and conserving habitat, require big picture thinking.

the expected costs to the American people are at least 10 times that of the expected benefits.

the Boxer-Kerry energy tax bill will take $9.4 trillion from the gross domestic product, will kill 2.5 million jobs, gasoline prices will go up, electricity rates will nearly double.

The job losses will stem from the bill's onerous mandates and requirements.

The impact this legislation will have on jobs, workers and Ohio families is at the heart of my concerns with the Kerry-Boxer proposal.

And then, the cost to the consumer as the result of all of this?

This bill will cost my State of Ohio and the country jobs is without dispute.

the warning signs are all around us that this energy tax bill is going to lead to lost jobs, higher energy prices, and I think will do very little in terms of an environmental gain.

We need to heed them in terms of our economy to ensure that Americans who do not get green jobs are able to keep the red, white and blue jobs that they have and to continue to power the country.

This creates a system of overlapping and redundant requirements that will inhibit cost effective emissions reductions.

It has contributed to a loss of over 3.1 million U.S. manufacturing jobs.

I do not think we ought to be here in this room picking winners and losers when it comes to American jobs.

But those jobs, I believe, are going to come at the expense of activity elsewhere in the economy.

There is no credible analysis that suggests that this bill will be a net job creator.

It's very disturbing that this is included in what proponents call a 'jobs bill.'

The consequences of fuel switching from coal to natural gas are particularly troubling for our industrial workers.

We must view the promises of green job creation made by the President and the authors of this bill with legitimate skepticism.

This energy tax bill will be an American job killer as well.

The $800 billion stimulus bill is not going to save the day.

I would like to do that, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you for holding this very important hearing on one of really this Committee's highest priorities.

I think that basically the back-of-the-envelope calculations that I have seen... is that the U.S. as a Nation has decades' worth of storage in abandoned oil fields and centuries of storage in salt mines.

It is the pore space, and we have been dealing with that in Wyoming.