This year DOD's proposal for TRICARE Prime enrollment fees is for a first-year increase of 30 percent to 78 percent.

I've long been an advocate for eliminating assignment restrictions for women in the military.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Because the evidence is telling you something, and it is worthwhile to ask the question for policyholders to consider, correct?

I thank my friend from Louisiana, and I will conclude by saying again that her point about being smart and strategic is what we are saying. No one is saying either/or, that it has to be this or that. It is a combination of things. Some…

Absolutely. I will tell the Senator we have been exporting for 40 years. We have been doing that because of our ability to do so and being able to get to the Pacific Asian market. Overall, the State here--through all its natural resources…

If I can, I will add one more point before we finish. If these incentives are so bad, then why are we at a 10-year high in production? Why do we see in Alaska more independence than ever before? Probably in the Senator's State I venture to…

If I could add, in this Chukchi/Beaufort, for example, it is estimated that the cumulative state, local, Federal value over the next 50 years in terms of revenue stream is upwards of $100 billion. If we then talk about the payroll over the…

Some of those ships will be refurbished and some of the work that is being done is out of the Port of Seattle and Tacoma and that region. It is a nationwide aspect. Think about this. In 2011, the oil and gas industry produced 9 percent of…

Well, absolutely. As a matter of fact, as we know, this line--this is the pipeline that brings resources from here down to Valdez and ships it throughout the country and the world. It is about 10 percent of the oil for our country that…

Well, I think the Senator said it in the question in a way. It is a lot of Presidential politics. I think what I hear when I go home is--and the Senator probably hears it too--that people are frustrated with that activity. Think about…

Mr. President, just as I expected, we have been in this back-and-forth show-and-tell on oil and gas issues instead of spending the time and working on a real energy plan, one that is important for not only my State, my colleague's State…

Mr. President, I would like to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from Louisiana. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of Colorado). Without objection, it is so ordered. Energy Planning

The Senator and I have the same situation he has described: Yes, we are getting those calls and they are not just-- people say this is a union thing. No, it is union, nonunion, chamber, environmentalists, neighborhoods, community councils…

Absolutely, I say to the Senator from Delaware. In Alaska, I chaired the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the MPO, which had this money that would come from this legislation. It would come to us, and if they delayed it here or they had…

Mr. President, this week there is plenty of drama unfolding at the Supreme Court, the stately building across the street from where we now stand. The Justices are deliberating inside the building. There is a lot of shouting and clamoring…

Camp Lemonnier is vital to our national security and is used by four different commands, and as such may deserve special consideration.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to, or perhaps 1 or 2 minutes over, 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________