Wayne Allard: “That is my understanding. I thank the chairman of the Energy and Water Committee and I thank the chairman of the Armed…”

I rise today to discuss S. 2634 in light of the current situation regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill we are discussing calls upon the Secretaries of Defense, State, and Homeland Security, along with the Joint…

Secretary Kempthorne also indicates the critical nature of allowing the Department to issue these regulations in order to attract the private investment necessary to develop the oil shale resource. Let me emphasize that this is not an…

I am involved because farmers and ranchers all over the country are being impacted by their land values since the Supreme Court's ruling in Kelo. As was stated by the Farm Bureau, farmers and ranchers have been particularly vulnerable to…

If this bill is not passed, the Bureau of Land Management's Record of Decision, issued in February of this year, will stand.