I think that the Agency has not made this a significant enough priority.
It is my hope that we can continue our bipartisan tradition to prioritize the needs of Native communities.
I would like to focus my first round of questions on contract support costs, and the 105[l]s.
Working to address the tribal needs has always been a bipartisan, bicameral priority.
it is inconceivable to me; I mean when you talk about 1.6 million acres of a beetle kill, seems to me that our communities would be eligible...
I appreciate that.
We don't have the luxury of time.
I would like to have more conversation with your team about that.
It is nice to have Senator Fischer on.
There is a common sense, straightforward solution here to getting communities off diesel power generation.
Recently, Senator Murkowski joined Senators Sullivan, Whitehouse, and others in authoring a letter to the Department of the Interior.
To me, as an Alaskan, from a State that has extraordinary natural gas reserves, the fact that we would even be uttering these words is almos...
The revolution in the production of natural gas has played a critical role in emissions reductions.
The U.S. is the leader, leader by far of any country in the world on global greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
the primary reason for that chart is the movement from coal powered generation to natural gas, revolution in the production of natural gas?
John Kerry says he is good to go with it, so nobody else should be problematic on that issue.
So do you think then that we need to address this language that limits it to these Federal lands that are either bordering or adjacent to, b...
You reject that statement? You have got to go do your homework, there.