it is such a simple thing, yet it has risen to a level where it is not just about King Cove, it is the principle of the matter.

I strongly support a bill that I have co-sponsored...to help warn the public against avoidable harm from volcanic activity.

This measure is not included as part of my Alaska Economic Development and Access Act because it is not an economic development issue for me. It is a life safety issue.

What this package will do will help facilitate production in the NPRA, the non-wilderness portion of ANWR and our offshore Arctic and that will work to refill our Trans-Alaska Pipeline, help to reduce our state's budget crisis and fulfill…

for gosh sakes, can't we please just finally get this resolved?

I do not understand how those in the Department can just sit back and say this is okay or this is acceptable.

How can the Federal Government be denying these people living in a very remote part of America something that we would absolutely take for granted in any other part of America?

The Roadless Rule in Alaska has devastated our state's timber industry.

On their watch, they have turned their back on Alaskans, on Alaska Natives, on their responsibility.

One way or another the people of King Cove are going to find safety.

This Administration is just running the clock. They are running the clock, and they will be able to wash their hands of it.

This is crazy talk. When people get frustrated with their government, it is because of situations just like this.

I strongly urge the agencies to use their authority to protect these headwaters and this particular area.

Not having information that detects whether they are causing or could cause immediate impact--we need the science to help guide us here.

I think it is important that we figure out a way that the public is listened to, that there is a process, that stakeholder engagement is not only encouraged, but that it is heard.

I strongly oppose anything that would prohibit or restrict the President's ability to designate national monuments using the Antiquities Act.

These bills today start to turn this around.

it seems I am coming to the floor of the Senate on an increasingly frequent basis to honor the pioneering men and women who arrived in the State of Alaska prior to statehood who truly have left a lasting impression on the history of the…

I thank and acknowledge the work of the Senator from California, as well as the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, not only on this WRDA bill but on previous matters relating to our water, resources, and our…

Our highway bill. This has been a collaboration that has been recognized in the Senate. I think sometimes we joke that sometimes we have some polar opposites in the Senate on certain issues, but when there is a desire and a will to create…

I thank the Senator from California and do recognize that tough issues come to us. If they were easy, they wouldn't be here, and so it is our job to kind of thread that needle and do that. I know the Senator mentioned the people of Flint…

As we consider their bill--and I am pleased we have moved forward with this managers' amendment--I wish to speak to an amendment that is not part of a managers' package, and it is not an amendment I will call up and ask for consideration…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…