I find that unacceptable.

We obviously oppose any new drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. We think it's incompatible with coastal businesses and coastal ecosystems.

in compliance with paragraph 11(a) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has obtained from the Congressional Budget Office an estimate of the costs of S. 2069, Mount Hood Cooper…

in compliance with paragraph 11(a) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has obtained from the Congressional Budget Office an estimate of the costs of S. 329, Lower Farmington River…

in compliance with paragraph 11(a) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has obtained from the Congressional Budget Office an estimate of the costs of S. 1592, a bill to clarify the…

in compliance with paragraph 11(a) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has obtained from the Congressional Budget Office an estimate of the costs of S. 782, Grand Canyon Bison…

in compliance with paragraph 11(a) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has obtained from the Congressional Budget Office an estimate of the costs of S. 556, Sportsmen's Act of…

I would like to recognize the work of the chairman and ranking member on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee for their good work on this very important appropriations bill. I recognize that, while…

The President has acknowledged that if we're serious about fighting climate change two thirds of the fossil fuels need to stay under the ground where they are now.

The Department's treatment of the Alaska OCS is also extremely frustrating.

By choosing not to produce here, we are telling other countries, some of them rather nefarious, that we would rather buy from them.

I am disappointed by the proposed five-year program for 2017 through 2022.

I think we need to be looking beyond the world as we know it or as it is structured today.

we need to look at new jurisdictional definitions or some other remedy to include Alaska villages.

The problem wasn't money, because each rural district got about the same per pupil, but what they were seeing, again, were very different outcomes.

it's time to explore different avenues to address the public safety issues and empower tribes to protect their communities.

I am tremendously invested in the success of both of these significant legislative accomplishments.

I cannot imagine how adding some extra dollars there actually equals supplement when the scale is so tipped.

We have this special domestic violence jurisdiction that is of very limited value to our Alaska tribes.

That is where the huge frustration is. You have villages that simply lack any law enforcement presence.

The current operating fleet faces a number of challenges due to political decisions.

Nuclear energy must be a national priority. It provides about 20 percent of our nation's electricity.

If you take the length of time the plants might last and the importance of diversity in a big utility like yours, it does make sense to go with nuclear power.

I think that is the approach, Madam Chairman, we should take with any of these new technologies where they are promising we should invest heavily in research, perhaps even support jump-starting a new technology like advanced reactors or…

The opportunity for innovation in nuclear technologies has not been this great since the 1960's.