Famous quotes by Ron Kind:
"The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education."
"has made it his personal goal to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act as we know it and to make it possible for development to encroach on protected habitat."
"Since so much is being asked of our troops and their families, it is necessary to regularly examine progress and assess what more needs to be done to help them safely complete their mission and expedite their return home,"
"If the proper adjustments had been made in the GAO report, the La Crosse area wouldn't have been high at all, ... There were problems with the methodology, and the report painted an inaccurate picture that the La Crosse area and Wisconsin had high prices."
"We have seen what the dependence and addiction to foreign oil has done to us economically."
"The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society."
"In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources."
"In fact, even the current administration now is releasing recent reports indicating that climate change is real, that global warming is occurring, that it is heavily influenced by man-made objects and that it is something we cannot ignore any longer."
"The key to any successful plan is buy-in from the public, and what this process has demonstrated is the importance of including citizens in formulating a consensus plan that preserves our beautiful refuge."
"As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans."
"We can all be proud of our men and women in the military who are following their orders, carrying out their missions and sacrificing so much to give the Iraqi people a chance for a more peaceful and prosperous future."
"Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation."
"We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not."
"Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system."
"While I remain troubled by the Corps' inability to fully justify the Model they used for their commercial traffic predictions, America clearly has an aging lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi."
"Right now, a majority of the debt is owed to foreign interests, Japan being the largest purchaser of government debt today, soon to be surpassed by China as the number one purchaser of our debt in this Nation."
"As many will remember, a respected Army Corps economist filed a whistleblower complaint about the Corps' use of faulty data to justify lock and dam expansion."