I hope that we can use this hearing to get a better understanding of how the Department is prioritizing funding.

I also understand that a federal judge has issued an injunction against the Administration's pause, although I expect that decision will be appealed.

We convene this morning to review the President's proposed budget for the Department of the Interior.

Pretty Much got bipartisan deal on infrastructure, should be ready on Monday.

I think we`ve moved and pretty much gotten an agreement on the infrastructure bill.

I ask unanimous consent to print the following letter in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, July 22…

This bill is nothing more than another attempt by Democrats to insert their leftist ideology into another aspect of the financial market.

This Committee has a leading role in ensuring the safety and security of our Nation's core infrastructure system.

I think this has been a great hearing and eye opening in some ways, because of the challenges, but also some of the gaps.

We know this is an issue that is going to grow. It is not like it is going to shrink and go away.

Bond rating agencies play an essential role in our financial markets.

I am very concerned about Democrats' efforts to politicize the credit rating process.

For some reason, our younger generation is not getting in there.

I am a little frustrated that you all have put together a lot of efforts to try to help out and guide us, but even Johnny Wooden used to say there is some confusion over efforts versus accomplishments.

Yet these attacks on our critical infrastructure certainly, I think, could be mitigated with updated reforms to our international treaty, including some stiff, enforceable penalties.

Unfortunately, seem to be continuing to block this optional exchange of building additional pipelines as a redundant system.

We`ve all come to a total agreement that what we want is basically to protect voting rights. That`s it, voting rights bill, that`s all.

I want it to proceed.