Selecting five new schools for priority construction is only the beginning of the investment we need to make in tribal schools.

I think we need to be doing more to crack down on the sales of these priceless cultural objects.

outdated requirements are resulting in over $100 million worth of natural gas being wasted, which has cost my State $43 million in lost royalties since 2009.

Can I have your commitment that you will work with me and other members of the congressional delegation to resolve this issue quickly?

I am very supportive of the department's efforts to develop new rules related to methane venting and flaring.

The law that transferred the Valles Caldera to the National Park Service allows these longstanding permits to remain in place.

You are doing the right thing, Secretary Jewell, and I want to work with you to enact common-sense reforms.

The Gila River is the crown jewel of the Southwest and one of the last remaining free-flowing rivers in the United States.

I cannot see any White House Office of Management and Budget clearing a new billion-dollar Federal water supply project with such limited potential.

I am very pleased that this subcommittee was able to provide an 85 percent increase for Indian school construction and improvements in the 2016 omnibus.

I believe we won't get there unless we develop some kind of 'Marshall Plan' for Native youth that fully funds infrastructure needs.

The cost of inaction on mining reform has been too great already.

I'm very pleased that this subcommittee was able to provide an 85 percent increase for Indian school construction and improvements in the 2016 omnibus.

I am pleased to see that you have proposed a 9 percent increase for national parks, including major investments in construction and maintenance programs to address the estimated $11.9 billion maintenance backlog at parks nationwide.

I thank very much, Senator Murkowski, for working with me on the increase that happened in Land and Water Conservation Fund.

We have to get serious about cleaning up abandoned mines.

This project simply does not add up.

The unemployment rate there is totally unacceptable. It is near 50 percent.