Our proposed amendment would have utilized existing apprenticeship programs to urge labor unions and contractors to actively recruit and train African American men.

David and I, ever since we have been working on policy together, we have been talking to companies and labor unions and trade organizations who are very enthused about being strategic.

I am absolutely convinced that the concepts promoted in this legislation... can change a country and can change this body.

We will continue to advance the cause of Native children and advance the cause of Native people.

I feel somewhat obligated to say something nice about Jon Tester, but it is getting harder every day.

We need to make sure that the resources are available to support this important initiative.

Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to talk about the rule of law, the importance of enforcement of the rule of law, the importance of a government that stands for law and order. I ask your indulgence, Mr. Speaker, as I begin my comments…

Mr. President, I rise to speak and also to respond to the comments of some of my colleagues on the Dakota Access Pipeline and the ongoing protests in my State of North Dakota. Here we have a chart showing the Dakota Access Pipeline. It is…

I think there is, beyond an all-of-the-above energy policy that really works for the United States and gives us the diversity in our fuel choices.

I think we have missed a couple of years here because of the uncertainty that has been in the market.

I do dispute somewhat the notion that the only value that the mandate has had is, those expressed in the statute itself, which is greenhouse gas, which is looking at energy independence.

Yes. And I would suggest that if you looked at the history of Great Plains, it is exactly that-- Federal loan guarantees that through negotiations, pennies on the dollar back to the Federal Government.

I think when we look at advanced--not to put a fine point on it, but this is a building block industry.

just because, for a variety of reasons, we do not meet the targets does not mean the law is either a failure or needs amendment.

What is available is going to depend on what there is capital investment for and whether there is capital investment and innovation is going to depend on regulatory certainty.

No. Thank you.

They are suggesting and expressing their unified position in opposition of efforts by petitioners to move the point of obligation on compliance.

We do not want a self-fulfilling prophecy, which is the reset happens because we have reset.