Those of us that believe we need to be able to maximize renewable energy, solar energy in the South across the South and West--wind energy from Texas north to North Dakota in the Heartland.

Listen, somebody is going to earmark all of these dollars. The question is it downtown or in the State governments.

I'm going to put it in again because we lead the world in unconventional drilling and deep well drilling.

I don't think this should be an either/or or that wind and solar should compete with oil.

I must also say that we're producing in a pilot project in North Dakota. We're producing hydrogen from wind energy.

It is true that it is in North Dakota, so I of course have special interest here, but it is also true that it is one of the premier colleges of its type in the Country.

I was encouraged to see that his budget has some proposed general increases for programs to address Indian health care, Indian education, and public safety issues.

This Country has made promises, again, that it has not kept.

Indian jails have long been proclaimed a national disgrace.

Overall, the funding for tribal programs represents, I think, an attempt by the United States to meet treaty and trust obligations that are owed to tribal governments.

I know in North Dakota the commission itself does not have eminent domain authority. It's strictly the purview of the courts.

These electrons are color-blind there.

We want the Federal role to be as narrow as possible while still allowing the progress that we know is necessary for the country.

Senator Dorgan, the State utility representative from North Dakota made it crystal-clear.

It is almost certain that a renewable portfolio standard or a renewable energy standard will pass this Congress.

I'm a very strong supporter of renewable energy. North Dakota is called the Saudi Arabia of wind.

We've got to address that.

With the amount of money our country is already spending on health care, it is very hard for me to understand why the answer is to put more money into the system.