This is a very important bill and subject. And I want to thank the Chairman and Senator Schatz for the work that they ha...
Once again we're focussing on leadership or issues with it instead of focussing on the veterans.
The work that Senator Thune and I are doing on trying to get more funding from the Universal Service Fund for broadband,...
If we're going to put taxpayer money into this, and if we're going to do something to help people who need jobs and to h...
We have been grappling with how do we organize Federal efforts and how do we spend Federal money to good end.
This is a very serious issue that we are looking very closely at now in the Department.
It just seems like three quarters of all mining, of all coal miners, would be displaced by this rule.
I think we all agree with that, and it still is and will be for quite a while.
We are so frustrated. Then it is hard to argue for funding which you need when you are having reports like Mr. Rusco's t...
It should be easier to do energy projects on Indian land than anywhere else. Because we have a trust responsibility.
Let me be clear. I am sorry to interrupt you. But that coal in Indian Country would replace coal being mined elsewhere i...
I want energy projects in Indian Country to create jobs, create economic activity so that we can do something to break t...
One thing that I think we all agree on is there is nothing like economic development.
I would love my colleagues to urge the appropriators to appropriate that.
Well, I am for pipelines. We have pipelines, and they need to be approved, so that we don't have what happened in Enbrid...
I want your pledge that you will get this done in terms of making this process more efficient, so that we can help you.
It should be easier in Indian Country than anywhere else. That should be our goal.
I expect that most of us will also agree that financial regulations are best administered when there is the appropriate ...
