We thought that that issue had been resolved with the colloquy on the floor and with report language that we--at least I read to clarify that there was no intent for CFTC to take over regulation of matters that had been jurisdictional at…

The energy infrastructure needs of the country are so substantial that I think we can only regard these investments as a downpayment.

Senators Tom Udall of New Mexico and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island met with the delegation

almost all of our streams are polluted with a level of mercury that you cannot eat the fish.

One of the things that I think that we are talking about here is how to save lives and create jobs by promoting pollution reduction investments.

I want to try to focus on the impact on the West.

Reducing pollution there is a very good thing, and I look forward to learning more about how EPA plans to proceed.

It's also important that we be sure these investments are the right investments.

This is an important effort, both to create high quality jobs in the near term and also to begin to reverse the course that we've been on of under investing in our country's competitiveness in clean energy technology.

The proposed budget includes funding increases for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, for renewable energy projects, and for climate change adaptation.

President Obama has made it clear from day one that what he wants to do is to have a comprehensive energy plan.

I am also glad the budget seeks to address the issue of obtaining a fair return to the taxpayer for the development of publicly held energy resources.

In 2009, we leased more acres in the offshore than any other year since 2000.

I certainly support the Chairman's legislation to help do that.

These conservation efforts are just about protecting, as we all know, about protecting the landscape for us to gaze at.

I'm not wedded to my proposal, Senator Landrieu, and if there are other people who have better ideas, we ought to figure out a way of moving forward with those ideas.

Hopefully, we can stop robbing LWCF so that we can support more of these projects in the future.

$900 billion, yes, were being credited to the Land and Water Conservation Fund but it never gets there.