Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3253, introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as…

Madam President, I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate a message from the House with respect to S. 1963. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate a message from the House, which the clerk will report. The assistant…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent the Senate concur in the House amendment; that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING…

We need to ensure that Indian tribes have the same opportunities as other entities to develop energy resources.

Senator Dorgan has asked the Department of Interior to open up an oil and gas one stop shop.

The need for weatherization on low income homes exceeds $50 million.

Indian tribes have vast energy resources that could provide substantial economic development for their communities.

Energy production on Indian lands can be a big part of the answer to both problems.

The weatherization needs of Indian tribes are barely an afterthought.

Indian energy resources are locked up by a century of Federal law and policy that discourage development.

Senator Dorgan's draft bill would create more of these one stop shops around Indian Country and streamline the bureaucratic 49-step process used to approve a single oil and gas lease.

Senator Dorgan's draft bill changes the law so that the weatherization funding gets to those who need it most.

The need for economic development in Indian communities is urgent and obvious.

We urge the enactment of the Indian Energy Promotion and Parity Act.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Executive Calendar No. 526, the nomination of BG Michael J. Walsh; that the nomination be confirmed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the…

Madam President, it is unbelievable to me that we have 100 of these. This is one I am particularly concerned about because I think it misuses a soldier's promotion in pursuit of something that really cannot be done by an agency, and I…

I say to the Senator, I believe you have it pretty close to right. As I understand it, the Senator is demanding things of the Corps of Engineers that they do not have the legal authority to do. Until they do them, he is going to hold up…