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It seems to me to be incredibly naive.

I thought the only two people on the face of this planet that believed that Israel would allow Iran to completely develop a nuclear weapon were the President and the Ayatollah in Iran.

I'm struck this morning by how parochial this discussion has been.

I do not want to see us in 10 years look back and say, man, we have spent a lot of money on this, and we have no coordination, and we got agencies all over the place.

Closing 47 of these sites is not in the best interest of Idaho or of the country quite frankly.

I just wanted to get it on the record.

We need a commonsense proposal to updating this mining law.

I am actually hopeful that future generations that aren't born yet will look back at us and say, 'Well done,' that we preserved these precious landscapes for them.

It is very clear that one of the most important roles the Department of the Interior will play in the coming years relates to securing our energy future.

I hope to cover a lot of ground with you today.

I really think the job you have is one of the most important jobs in government, quite frankly.

When you tick off people on all sides on a number of issues, that is usually a sign that you are doing a pretty good job.

I admire that and believe that you are setting an early tone that is balanced and reasonable.

We need a much broader policy and fix to this.

A Band-Aid on an artery that is bleeding has an effect, but in fact unless you sew that artery up, you are in trouble.

I think you are working in a system that is so totally broken that unless we reform this cotton-picking system, we are going to continue to fiddle around trying to fix, you know, put Band-Aids on when we are bleeding from the arteries.

That is bizarre, to say the least.

Congress has an obligation to address the great disparities that exist between American Indian, Alaska Native populations and other populations in the United States.