John Barrasso

I think it's an important issue and it's going to have a major impact on this.

China now controls an estimated 97 percent of the global production of rare Earth elements.

I think we are pretty clear on the triggers of an asthma attack for somebody who is already asthmatic.

So the letter says that you, the American Lung Association has been paid millions and millions of money from the taxpayers, from the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as this so-called Stimulus Act.

But if EPA is making policies this way, they could then make decisions that needlessly cost jobs under the guise of trying to say they are protecting the public health or environment?

Do you think it is appropriate for the American Lung Association to take money from the Government to lobby the Government, to sue as well?

Is that actually being fair and honest with the American people?

Do you agree with that?

The most important problem facing America today, in my opinion, is actually high unemployment and a weak economy.

Clean air is always important, and at times it has been paramount.

So does that include lowering the mortality rates for children as well?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Today, the crisis is the economy and jobs.

I believe that coal is America's most affordable, available, reliable and secure source of energy.

Promoting alternative fuels for the Defense Department will safeguard the military from price spikes.

The American Alternative Fuels Act breaks down the barriers to alternative fuels.

This is an issue of economic security as well as national security.

High gas prices are causing American families pain at the pump.

Extreme environmentalists have hijacked the permitting process with endless lawsuits aimed at eliminating livestock from public lands.

The bill gives ranching communities the certainty and stability they desperately need.

These irresponsible tactics overwhelm permitting agencies and leave ranchers at risk of losing their grazing permits.

We have all heard the statistics. Indian students perform below their peers in standardized tests, in reading and math.

So we need to hear how we can close the achievement gaps and build upon some of the successes that have been achieved in Indian education.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. When you start talking about your earlier days as a teacher, I would think that Senator Franken would join me in saying, you continue to be a teacher, a teacher to us in the…

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