I am very concerned about that.

Can I interrupt on that? What you are describing is that it is going to be a case-by-case determination.

I do not see anything in the President's budget that would help to facilitate that promise.

I disagree with the 2008 listing determination and vehemently disagree with the designation of more than 187,000 square miles of land--an area larger than the State of California--as 'critical habitat' for polar bears.

I think this is one of those glaring examples where our Federal Government is being absolutely hypocritical when it comes to environmental standards.

Yet one more reason why this energy bill is a good energy bill that we are going to try to get moved through the Senate, because we do have the LWCF piece in there that allows for permanent reauthorization.

While we didn't agree on everything that was in the bill, things were never disagreeable.

I still have some concerns. We can sell bottled sugar water in the parks, but we cannot sell good glacier water.

We strongly believe that the Department should move forward from the DPP with a 2017-2022 Proposed Program...

We must support States, districts, and educators in their work to advance educational equity and excellence for every child.

Congratulations on your nomination. I'm sorry that our schedules didn't work so that we could visit.

I'm very worried about the stagnant performance of Native students.

I believe education can be the difference between hope and despair--between life and death, even--because it was for me.

We must lift up the teaching profession, and find more ways to celebrate, support, and sustain our Nation's educators.

I know we haven't picked up that baton yet in 2016, but I think the commitment still is there.

this is something that I'm going to continue to press and inquire on because my observation--or at least the people that are coming to me are saying it's lengthy, it's costly, there must be some way that we can be a little more efficient…

I have been a long proponent of making sure that we have infrastructure in the Arctic as we see developments taking place up north.

Exports of LNG (liquefied natural gas) are a big deal for me both because of the Alaska LNG project.

I think it would be helpful to have a handle on what real numbers are.

The Sabine-Neches Waterway is probably one of the more important waterways in the Nation.

I appreciate that. I am going to utilize a little bit of executive authority and call a recess for the committee until other members get back so that I do not miss this important vote.

It is just more than just shale up north. It is about having infrastructure to accommodate a reality, a daunting reality that--it is almost as if a new ocean has been discovered at the top of the globe.

I appreciate what you have provided here today, and I look forward to working with you to ensure that the capabilities that we have with the 425th are continued.

So it is correct--I'm told that they will--they expect to have spent--``they'' being NuScale--$1.1 billion by the time construction begins on their first NuScale unit.

I was in Houston last week at CERAWeek, which is the big oil and gas summit really in the country.