It would permanently protect unique geologic, paleontological and cultural resources in the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah area.

This bill would finally resolve a number of, literally decades long, public land and resource issues in Northwestern New Mexico.

It seems like every few months, we hear about another pharmaceutical company raising the cost of a certain drug or device to a new astronomical price.

Unfortunately, it's not our first hearing on such matters. I mean, we are talking and dealing with Turing and Valeant and Mylan and Gilead, and seeing a really disturbing pattern where Congress provides a variety of mechanisms to invest in…

I find that appalling.

this week marks a sad milestone for the U.S. Senate, a milestone of inaction, obstruction, and failure. This week marks 6 months since President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. President Obama did his job and…

Thank you, Chairman Thune. And I know Senator Gardner is not here, but I have the same issue in terms of New Mexicans watching television in another state.

What is more of a threat to the long-term stability of Afghanistan? Is it the current inability of the Afghan Government to deal with its own internal struggles, i.e., corruption, or is it ISIS, Al Qaeda, the other group you mentioned, or…

What structural or statutory changes are needed to ensure that our current nuclear energy fleet remains a part of the U.S.'s carbon-free energy grid?

But the expertise that you have directly reflects on this question.

Today, 20 percent of the U.S. electricity, and as the Chairman said, 63.3 percent of our carbon-free electricity is produced by approximately 100 light water nuclear reactors.

I strongly believe that New Mexico can bring together cutting-edge industries, university researchers, local and State governments, and national energy labs to address regional and national energy challenges.

I'd like to reiterate our strong desire to see New Mexico, with our labs and universities, play a key role in the Department of Energy's Mission Innovation Initiative.

Thank you, Secretary Moniz, for being here, and for your excellent testimony on all ends of the nuclear issue.

We're eager to see that the Waste Isolation Plant be reopened, and that be done with worker and community safety as a top priority.

I want to ensure that inspections by the Mine Safety and Health Administration will continue at WIPP at least four times per year, as required by law.

I am very concerned about President-elect Trump's statements about withdrawing from the Paris agreement.

I believe it's important for the Department of Energy to prepare a lifecycle cost estimate cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory.