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Mr. President, with great respect for my colleague from Oregon, I object. But I object because there is an additional bipartisan proposal that is out there and another unanimous consent request where this bill is paired with another bill…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for as much time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nuclear Agreement With Iran
Mr. President, today we are considering a diplomatic agreement about the future of a nuclear-armed Iran. Most of us in this body have strong opinions about that agreement. Some believe it will weaken our position. I believe the opposite…
I just want to tell you how much I appreciate you calling this hearing because I think what you are trying to do is get to the bottom of what really happened.
What happened last summer at the VA was a betrayal of our veterans.
The behavior you have described is just absolutely appalling to me.
When it comes to broadband, too many Americans have been left behind.
I share the sentiments of my colleagues. It is nice to have you, Mr. Secretary.
These are the kinds of initiatives that in a state like New Mexico are not only incredibly meaningful if they are implemented correctly.
Mr. President, 70 years ago today, the first atomic bomb was exploded at the Trinity test site in New Mexico. For our Nation, it was the beginning of the nuclear age. For the residents of the Tularosa Basin, it was also the beginning--of…
This is a very important hearing, and I appreciate both of you working together on this and bringing these issues forward.
Any engagement you can do with the Tanzanian Government would be critical--I just want to reiterate the scale of killing there--50,000 elephants--that is from aerial census data--have been killed in that country in 5 years.
What is going on there is a disaster, and any attention, any help you can bring to that--there must be knowledge within the government body of what is happening and why.
If there is one thing that is a certainty in New Mexico it is that my local forest communities want to play a very active role in the management of their local national forest.
the fact remains that quadrupling commercial timber projects on national forests would take resources.
I do think that buy in is probably the single biggest hedge we have against litigation.
fire suppression has grown from 16 percent of the Forest Service budget in 1995 to over 40 percent in 2014.