My commitment is we will do no new oil and gas platforms off the coast of Florida. I can't make it any clearer than that.

I have no intention of changing the policy on such things.

The 2019 Budget Request for Interior is $11.7 billion.

Virginia has received the same consideration as every other state.

It is clear that Massachusetts stands firmly opposed to offshore.

I spent 28 years in the private sector before entering public service. In fact, in 2010 I was working at RightNow Technologies in my hometown of Bozeman, MT. We were growing a technology company there. We were creating good, high-paying…

I don't understand why it was cut, because we've got cities and towns across this country, rural and urban, I believe, that really depend on this.

Every Ag group in the state of Montana, without exception, is unbelievably concerned about retaliatory action.

I'm telling you the state of Montana right now is cutting programs because they don't have money.

Usually, when retaliation comes, it is focused on Ag products, and it's not a hit that family farmers can take right now.

I think one of the underlying foundational principles is really tribal sovereignty and this government-to-government relationship and how the U.S. Government should be viewing the direct access for these funds to address the crisis we are…

I just don't see where the logic is in expecting these states to come up with an 80 percent match.

In this case, increase is not a good thing. Declinations increased by 20 percent.

Direct appropriations and set-asides in federal legislation for Alaska Native and American Indian tribes and tribal organizations is the best means to ensure that federal funds reach Indian Country.

This legislation enjoys the support of eight co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle.

We support Senator Daines' bill which reflects the government-to-government relationship and would make the tribes eligible for direct funding.

Would you be opposed, when the Appropriations Committee gets done with massaging these numbers, if they carve out a certain percentage of that $10 billion for Indian Country?

If you do not oppose it, then we would probably do it and get it done.