While great strides have been made in cleaning up the environment, air pollution remains a serious threat to public health.

I thank my colleague and congratulate him. I recognize him and Senator Crapo, as well, for their efforts. I think, as we look to those energy solutions that can take our country and our planet to a place that is better, that demonstrate a…

It is important that the U.S. continue to fund this work and uphold and honor its trust obligations to Tribes.

We urge the subcommittee to again reject IHS's efforts to repeal a key provision of the ISDEAA through the appropriations process.

We thank her for her steadfast determination in advocating for these small chronically underfunded remote clinics.

Please reject for fiscal year 2019 (as you did for fiscal year 2018) the President's proposal to terminate this low-cost Program which is so vital to national security and protection of our electric power grid.

I think that's an excellent question and being part of the decision-making for doing this, I'd like to answer this.

These attacks are across-the-board and not limited, of course, to energy infrastructure.

Cyberattacks are a well-documented and continuing threat.

Acts of cyber intrusion such as these can jeopardize diplomatic relations and could have more serious repercussions.

We will look forward to working with you, Mr. Walker, in this capacity here with a very keen focus on cyber.

The energy sector is clearly a high value target for cyberattacks.

You might convince me to do it online to save you money.

I do think that this is, again, one of these examples where we need to make sure that we are reaching people the way that they can be reached;

I received the American Community Survey. I was randomly chosen. I was told that my response is required by law.

Getting a complete census and accurate count is truly important.

There is almost nothing more important to our small communities than Federal funding.

We all know that folks are prepared to work hard as we move towards the actual count, but you can only do as much as you can possibly do; and recognizing not only the human resource, but the resource behind the count is very important…

Do they not understand that you have animals, and you have humans?

I have insisted--and I have spoken recently with the head of the FDA, that if, in fact, the FDA is going to continue down, what I believe is, a wrong-headed approach--at a bare, bare minimum these species should be labeled as genetically…

But effectively what we are talking about is the first ever--the first ever--genetically engineered species of animal that is approved for human consumption.

I think it is fair to say most Alaskans share the concern that we have.

I feel a little bit like a fish out of water here in the HELP Committee talking about animal health and the Center for Veterinary Medicine.

During his State of the Union address, President Trump called for a renewed focus on our nation's infrastructure.

Nine out of 10 of the kids in the system right now are testing positive for drugs because of drugs that are in the household.