Can I get your commitment that you will work hard to make that happen?

I think you are a smart lady. I think you are very well fit for this job, and I intend to support you.

I think you understand that, Secretary Zinke. I think you also understand the fact that without proactive leadership within the Department and a good head at the BIA, we are not going to get these problems solved.

I intend to vote for your confirmation. I appreciate you being here today, and I appreciate you putting yourself up for this position.

I do not think there is anybody in this room, and certainly nobody on this dais, that does not think that our security of this country is critically important.

It is critical that NATO remains strong and continues to receive robust support from the United States.

Russian interference is not limited to the security fear either.

We have to show resolve and unity otherwise what you describe will become true.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:59 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at 10 a.m…

hydropower is a critical hcomponent of an all of the above energy portfolio that provides a reliable and affordable source of electricity for hard-working Montana families. Clark Canyon Dam hydropower project near Dillon, MT will power…

as a fifth-generation Montanan and having spent 18 years in the private sector, I know how important it is to receive your fair share in any deal. However, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue Consolidated Federal oil and gas and…

Montana is the fifth largest producer of hydropower in the Nation, with 23 hydroelectric dams contributing one- third of all electricity production in Montana. The Gibson Dam project near Augusta, Montana will provide fifty to one hundred…

what a historic day for Montana. As a fellow Montanan, as a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, I look forward to working…

back in 1979, there was a junior from Bozeman High School and another junior from Whitefish High School, both headed to Dillon, MT, as Boys State delegates. The keynote speaker that year was a newly elected U.S. Senator named Max Baucus…

I kind of figured that when he put a four-star Marine in charge of homeland security, good things would start to happen.

I do not know that that is the best use of that money, because I think it was going to be used in technology.

If somebody tried to eminent domain my place, they would take me off in a box because I would not let them do it.