This is a significant problem that we absolutely need to fix.

We must ensure the systems we utilize to administer discipline are fair and just for everyone.

I have to believe that this is also a contributing factor to why we don't see service members of color achieve higher ranks.

It was disheartening to learn that... the services have responded with little more than unconscious bias training.

When we pass this legislation, I think we are going to show them that we are going to be good stewards of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park, as well as parks across our country. I know that the Nation's newest national park is in New…

This has been a spontaneous colloquy, but I think the time has come for us to give back our time. But I want to thank my colleagues for their incredible support, and I think folks are going to take over the floor as we move in to the next…

I think what we have all learned is what a great team this has been and, obviously, it is a land fund--the Land and Water Conservation Fund. It means boat ramps and access and many other things. We will continue to work together to make…

Senator, if you would yield for a moment. To the Senator from Montana, I notice a very similar dynamic emerging from Montana as it was from New Mexico of being very thoughtful about a response to the virus but also making sure that people…

I really think that our public lands are one of America's greatest democratic accomplishments. You think about the fact of how we became a nation. When you look at the history in Europe, people were locked out of the great lands of Europe…

You are saying you don't have to hire a guide; you don't have to spend $10,000 on a private land tag? You can just buy an elk tag over the counter and go out and pursue elk on your public lands?

You mention Yellowstone. We have a place in northern New Mexico that many people refer to as New Mexico's Yellowstone, because, like Yellowstone, it is a high elevation caldera. It is a place where there was a supervolcano, and that…

I rise today with my colleagues from Colorado and Montana to talk about the incredible coalition that has come together to support the Great American Outdoors Act and why we have been able to build a group of folks ranging far beyond this…

As my colleague from Montana said--let me back up just a moment. The folks in Raton are also very excited about what is going on at Fisher's Peak and looking at different possibilities for their community just over the divide from…

I pay tribute today to Joe Vandever, Sr., who was one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers. Joe was born February 5, 1923, into the Red Running Into the Water People clan, born for Two Who Came to the Water clan. He passed away 5 days…

today I rise to acknowledge the service of Mr. Darrell R. Willson, who is retiring as the Administrator of the National Gallery of Art in July after a 50-year career serving the public. Mr. Willson has spent the three past decades with the…

We cannot condemn the people of Puerto Rico in the wake of a debt crisis, devastating storms, earthquakes to an inadequate response to the coronavirus pandemic because they are ruled by an oversight board.

until we have a national strategy to deal with the pandemic, until we have testing, until we have PPE, I can assure you that I am not going to put the lives of my staff at risk

during these past months, in the midst of a pandemic that has kept most of us inside our homes, Americans have grown to appreciate, in new ways, how critical each moment of fresh air can be to maintaining both our physical health and our…