Pipelines are, by far, the safest way, the most efficient way to move a product.

So we can get billions invested, a growing economy, and job creation by giving certainty to industry.

We now rank 41st in the world in terms of siting projects.

The federal government has a responsibility to support Indian education.

I would be very interested in getting your assistance on a number of bills that we have proposed to expedite this process.

There just has to be a straightforward way to get through that in a timely way so we do not get back to this we are taking a long time and we are not getting through the process.

I then signed an agreement--I was Governor at that time--with the tribe whereby they agreed to have the State regulatory process apply on the reservation too.

I think it is critically important that you begin almost immediately to address some of the lines of authority.

The message they get every day is that they are not really worthy, they are somehow less than other kids, because we would never let this happen in a public school in North Dakota.

I don't think anyone can look at these pictures and read the GAO report and expect that children who go to school in that kind of physical plant can feel valued or appreciated.

How do we know it is not going to get wasted?

We can't fix this problem without resources.

I rise today to continue our efforts to honor the 198 North Dakotans who gave their lives while serving in the Vietnam war. Together with Bismarck High School's 11th graders and their teachers, my office is reaching out to the families and…

But, you--so, you do not feel there needs to be any flexibility, even though you have schools that have applied for exemptions?

I have advanced the 50 percent whole grain enriched.

So, last year, I included a provision that actually kept the whole grains at 50 percent rather than having 100 percent of the grain products having to be whole grain enriched.

But, I think you take my point seriously, which is we have fraud, but we also have a lot of kids who go home hungry and that has got to be part of this discussion.

I understand in some cases it relates to pasta or tortillas or some of these other products, and that makes sense, if they are healthy and the kids will eat them.