The title is ``Dismal Growth Needs the 3.5% Solution.'' He noted that from 1790 to 2014, almost the entire history of our great Nation, this country grew annually at 3.7 percent GDP growth--3.7 percent. The Obama administration's annual…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my interns, Jasper MacNaughton and Holly O'Brien, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

It said directly: We keep this ban in place, this decades- old ban. It hurts us as a nation. It harms us from a national security perspective, not to mention the benefits that oil exports will provide when it comes to increased production…

Mr. President, when we talk about national security issues and the vulnerabilities we have as a nation, I can think of no other area where we face such challenges and yet such opportunities when it comes to our energy assets and how we can…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Without objection, it is so ordered, ____________________

(Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

The amendment I am offering today makes a few clarifications to the underlying bill. It modifies language in the bill allowing for the use of graduate students in the collection of recreational fishing data. The fields of science the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 46, strike lines 5 through 9 and insert the following: ``(4) The Secretary shall, to the extent…

I understand the concern of the gentleman from Louisiana on the current status of red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico and your interest to support actions taken by the Gulf States that are supported by many of your constituents…

I disagree with the gentleman from New Mexico's comments on this. This does not add an additional cost, and why people say that, I don't know. All this does is very simple, and I explained it when I explained my amendment, and I urge the…

This same amendment was offered in committee; it failed. It is my understanding that rigs and platforms are already required to eliminate harm under their leases. In fact, most of the fishermen I talk to on the Gulf say the platforms are…

The gentleman's amendment, I am pleased to report he has accepted some portion of our bill, but there is some question about the Endangered Species Act. We had a case in Alaska where NOAA, which I don't know how it happened, they put the…

This bill is a good piece of legislation. I want to thank Mr. Mullin for bringing it up. While we are on the subject, I would like to talk about the necessity of ICWA, the Child Welfare Act of this Congress past which I was a sponsor of…

We don't need any sanctuaries in this bill. We don't need some outside groups telling the fishermen, the communities, and the scientists--it is our belief--when they know little about it. I happen to have the largest coastline in the whole…

I would just, again, like to remind my colleagues this was requested by the communities so there wouldn't be a delay. We are not eliminating NEPA. There is already a process in the Magnuson Act which was not there in the original act, I…

Thank you to the chairman of the full committee. Mr. Chairman, history is a wonderful thing. People who went through the same experiences see things differently. For the record, I would like to correct the ranking member. While he is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 21, 2015, at 10:15 a.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 21, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room 328A of the Russell Senate Office Building. The…