Attended of any subcommittee in the Natural Resources committee that wasnt a loaded partisan title full of loaded partisan content with a loaded partisan agenda. This is an important subject. We can all be interested and gauged and might get something done together that can help the country. We need more hearings like this. And as much as anything, i wanted to be here to express that and thank you for it. With that, ill yield the balance of my time to Ranking Member holt. I thank representative huffman. Let me make two general comments. First, following on the line of our Ranking Members comments. The mentality here in washington is a very pessimistic mentality, and mr. Defazio points up one aspect that have. Here in the richest country in the world, by far, undenially, doesnt act as if we have a future. What invests, one builds infrastructure, one sponsors research. When we believe we have a future. Instead we talk about cut, cut, cut here. It is a fundamental problem. The chairman sa
Another five minutes of questioning. Mr. Huffman of california. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I wanted to be at the hearing because i represent earthquake country, tsunami country. I think its an important subject with some helpful testimony. I want to thank the witnesses for their contributions. Mr. Chairman, i also wanted to be here to thank you. As a new member of congress, thing is the first hearing ive attended of any subcommittee in the Natural Resources committee that wasnt a loaded partisan title full of loaded partisan content with a loaded partisan agenda. This is an important subject. We can all be interested and gauged and might get something done together that can help the country. We need more hearings like this. And as much as anything, i wanted to be here to express that and thank you for it. With that, ill yield the balance of my time to Ranking Member holt. I thank representative huffman. Let me make two general comments. First, following on the line of our Ranking Members
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