I've introduced a bill focusing on multimodal freight investment, to try to relieve some of the congestion.

I still have this very big concern that many of our first responders might need to know this information.

We cannot emphasize enough the importance of the mandatory funding that was included in our Settlement.

I think you addressed this in your testimony, but I want you to make it clear, what advice do you have for us lawmakers as far as considering laws that would improve tribal access to water and coupling maintenance with water settlements?

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an…

We highly recommend that future Indian water settlements strive to include mandatory funding.

Your commitment to work with us is much appreciated and we look forward to it.

The railroads need to bring more resources to meet the needs in North Dakota.

I think that's a reasonable question to ask any agency that doesn't have investigative intelligence responsibilities.

I don't like it when I read reports from the Attorney General when he writes back to the inspector general and says, I have determined that providing the OIG with access to it is helpful to me, and so I'm going to turn this over because…

I have a real issue when any agency steps in and says, I know Congress has required all these pages to be turned over, but we've discussed it as an agency and we're not going to turn it over.

We're the fastest growing state in the country and the railroads need to bring the resources.

BNSF has put forward a very substantial resource plan to address the need.

We need it for coal and for oil and gas and for other commodities as well.

We need--not only do we need to continue to be proactive until we get that, but so does the STB.

We've been pretty aggressive on this issue, and BNSF has responded and they have given us a very detailed plan.

We need housing, and we particularly need housing in the energy patch in the West.

Mr. President, I rise to congratulate my colleague, cochair of the Joint Economic Committee, for her report on the importance of the contribution of exports to our economy and for the Export-Import Bank. The report she is issuing today has…