There is a shortage of doctors just about everywhere.

I hope as we are looking at recruitment and retention, we are looking at recruiting a new kind of physician...

It is a travesty! Further, it is a problem that will continue to have negative impacts for generations to come.

Police protection is poor, schools are not top notch, you have no place to live and the list goes on.

I would like to thank him for being here and for his commitment on behalf of Native Americans.

And that is one of the concerns that I have.

We have taken our eyes off of the Northern Border.

This is why Senator Ayotte and I got together to, basically, introduce a piece of legislation to let us look at what the challenges are.

We need more people and we need more resources if we are going to have situational awareness on the border.

Is Canada looking at doing something like we did, which is say that, if you have been in Syria or if you have been in Iraq within the last 5 years, you actually have to apply for a visa?

Maybe it will happen electronically or manually. I am not sure.

I want to know exactly what that means.

I think that there are a lot of us here who go into the secret, hidden room and hear things, only to walk out and see them on the front page of the New York Times.

If the EPA finds a State permit program deficient, then the EPA can take direct control over the State's permit program in that State. If a State doesn't want to have its own permit program, the EPA runs the permit program for the State…

this morning I discussed two amendments that I have submitted in regard to the current energy legislation, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. I would like to talk about a third amendment that I submitted as well. The amendment…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes to finish my remarks, with the indulgence of the Senator from Massachusetts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise to speak about the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015--legislation that has been advanced by our Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman, Senator Murkowski, along with the ranking member, Senator Cantwell. As a member…

the next amendment I would like to review that I will be offering is identical to a bill introduced by Senator Manchin and myself. It is the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016, S. 2446. This legislation, which…