We appreciate the work the Department has done in issuing initial guidance as States begin the process of transitioning to the new law.

The Every Student Succeeds Act is a positive step forward in K-12 education.

I find these rants frightening and dangerous to our Nation.

Employers don't want to talk about it. My Guardsmen and Reserve men and women don't want to talk about it.

A leading candidate for president is telling the American people and the world that torture works.

We are working to stop and ban the use of torture, because it does not serve our national interests.

It is going to come as no surprise to my colleagues that I am going to talk about the Arctic.

The Arctic is a resource-rich environment feeling the full effects of climate change.

U.S. Park Service is having a hard time with pilots and mechanics.

I have to say I was disappointed that the budget proposes to eliminate the Challenge Cost Share Program.

We have a moral and legal responsibility to provide healthcare for Native Americans.

The U.S. Forest Service is charged with sustaining the health, diversity, and productivity of our Nation's forests and grasslands, and that is no small deed.

We need to be investing more and not less in such programs.

The failings at Omaha-Winnebago and Rosebud are alarming. Just alarming.

It is not just housing in the Great Plains area. It is housing throughout Indian Country.

I am concerned that those costs are being met at the expense of other important programs.

Every member of this subcommittee is a co-sponsor of our colleague, Chairman Simpson's, wildfire disaster funding bill.

In northern Minnesota, copper-nickel sulfide mining poses a threat to the water quality of Voyageurs National Park, and the Boundary Waters Canoes Wilderness Area.