I think that this is a huge part of what we need to be concerned about.

I think border security remains a critical priority for this country.

Do you think it is legitimate for the American public to today ask you to provide answers to their questions about this program?

I think we have to say what additional stress does that put on additional tribal entities that would like to see access to these programs which will not get access if we extend the time period.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, self-reliance and self-governance need to be more than liberal buzzwords if we are going to make a difference, if they are going to have any meaning at all. And I find some of the comments…

I rise to speak in opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules on carbon dioxide, which I believe need to be rescinded. On August 3, 2015, the EPA released its so-called Clean Power Plan. This final plan will impose a…

Building on what Senator Franken discussed, I think we would all like to see that because we are all in this process of trying to figure out what is the new dynamic, where have we failed so spectacularly when you look at the numbers in…

I think that is right but I think the question is when do we see a program at that level where it then can launch independently or launch into BIE programming or into public school programming?

I want to express my great thanks to my colleague from West Virginia, Senator Capito, who has been absolutely a champion on this issue, but also a champion on looking at new technologies and a champion to actually see what we can do moving…

We have to figure out the sustainability piece of this.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Export-Import Bank

I want to make one final point, along with my colleague from Washington State. I don't know how many times the Senator from Washington and I have been on the floor telling the story of the Ex-Im Bank, about what the problems have been…

finally we see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it is not a train. It is, in fact, the eventual and necessary passage of the Ex-Im reauthorization bill. As you know, last week the Ex-Im bill passed the House by a vote that was 72…

the long knives came out to kill the CO-OPs in their cribs.

we need to get to the bottom of this, as Senator Sasse said, and find out who killed these CO-OPs.

I think that we should play a role in prioritizing some of the retrospective review.

one of the issues that I have raised over and over and over again here is that we sit thinking that only the Federal Government actually regulates or passes laws

What we are trying to do is figure out how we can collaborate to make government more responsive.