there should be cuts in the budget commensurate with this lighter workload.

Thank you, Senator Boxer.

I want our nuclear plants to be safe, and they are safe.

I believe this shows the NRC's bureaucracy has grown beyond the size needed to accomplish its mission.

How do you develop a budget and meet your responsibility to be good stewards of taxpayer dollar?

If the Senator will yield, I would observe the number of people who said--when the bill first started out, there was a lot of opposition. There was opposition in our committee. I think a lot of the people on the committee were surprised…

Thank you very much. TSCA Reform Mr. President, let me first mention that you don't see many things around this Chamber that are truly bipartisan, and you are about to see one now. I have to give credit to the Senator from New Mexico for…

I consider this irresponsible.

I have asked for a list of all ongoing research projects.

That is a great asset to them for economic development and allows them to be able to diversify their tribe and also expand without the outdated, burdensome, antiquated belief that tribes need the Federal Government to give them permission…

I guess the question is, given the transition out of D.C. into tribal leadership, they are able to make more of those decisions, how do you feel that is moving at this point?

I want to thank Chairman Walden for bringing this important legislation before the subcommittee and I thank my friend, Congresswoman Matsui.

It is essential that we work together to address the challenges facing our tribes.

We will follow up on this. I will share some individual examples with you and maybe we can work through this.

I do appreciate the cooperation of the Committee in passing the bill to remove the Federal constraints that prevent the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma from freely buying and selling land they own but do not hold in trust.

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I do object to this bill moving forward by unanimous consent today. The issue is that this bill needs reform. I enjoy our national parks. My children enjoy our national parks. Twenty-nine…

Mr. President, I also wish to speak to the issue of the objection on this, the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Twenty-nine percent of all the land in the United States is already under Federal ownership. Let me clarify. This is not…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 448 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 448 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be…