I have some good news from Montana. A week ago yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to be our next Secretary of Agriculture. When we met prior to his confirmation hearing, Secretary Perdue and I…

It is not an unreasonable test to apply. They are bound by international treaties and we should hold them to that.

You do not need this committee to do anything to enable you to be able to touch those smaller companies in a realistic way?

These are small companies. These are not less than 500; these are less than 50 employees. But nonetheless, they are doing some good stuff.

It takes too long, too much paperwork, too bulky, too different, and too bureaucratic.

We need to get back to active management, and we need to address the chronic litigation from fringe groups which has stopped us in our tracks in Montana so many times.

in recent years the American people have lost trust in the Federal government to keep our personally identifiable information, or PII, secure. In June of 2015 the Office of Personnel Management was infiltrated with a major cyber breach…

I certainly support reauthorizing SRS. Count me in with both feet as supporting it.

It is ridiculous, it really is. It is such a broken process.

I can guarantee you, in about four more months, we will be right back here in debate having the drama about CRs, about shutdowns, and so forth here because this institution cannot pass appropriations bills.

It is hard to believe that we are now 7 months into the fiscal year of the Federal Government and we have not passed all the appropriations bills.

It is absolutely paramount that this Committee and this Congress pass strong forest management reform legislation that restores active management to our national forests.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 950 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

I think we really need to focus on trying to figure out if we can get a non-opioid pain killer out there.

Has the hiring freeze been lifted for the VA or not?

The VA will not give me the pain killers I need to deal with my back problems.