I think we are beyond the time to be doing plans, and quite honestly I am not really interested in more studies.

Well, know that we stand ready to work with you. I would love to have further discussion about what we really think of Russia's Arctic push and, again, have a better strategy moving forward.

I am here on the floor this afternoon with my good friend from North Dakota, and I want to speak to an issue as it relates to the Iranian sanctions bill that we have on the floor in front of us. This is about an issue that so many of us…

I thank my colleague from North Dakota. She has articulated the case so well not only from a domestic perspective but from the international perspective as well. We need to appreciate that as we are recognized as a nation, as that…

I fully support your efforts.

As I shared with you last week, Alaskans are ready to find some commonsense solutions to protect our environment, but we need the Federal Government to recognize some of the unique challenges that we face.

Folks back home don't think it's ludicrous. They are scared to death about what we may see with application of this rule.

And of course, right now, our concern is, where is the data?

Lisa, we're counting on you. You've got to shut the EPA down, and you got to do it yesterday.

I must convey the sense of frustration, because as you're saying, we must use these technologies to get us to that point where we have cleaner water, cleaner air, some of what we see come out of the agency is so confounding to common sense.

We do do a good job of picking winners and losers around here, don't we?

The concern, of course, is that there is no level of flexibility that will make a proposal like this work in a State like Alaska.

You're not 5 minutes over.

I'm hopeful that we can do the same with bipartisan solutions that move us forward instead of using controversial riders that hold us back.

The President's budget was written without regard to the spending limits that Congress is compelled to operate within.

This is a limitation on our ability to not only move but to breathe.

We've got to be working together to resolve them.

Absolutely. Absolutely. We're not always right, and that's the problem.

Not only has EPA failed to present a clear rationale to support the application of this Clean Air Act proposal to Alaska, it even failed to evaluate the impacts of the proposal to the State.

We have long tried to find some flexibility, as you know, working with the community there, and it's been difficult.

I would just tell my friend from Vermont, we have been engaged in this woodstove exchange in Fairbanks as we're dealing with a particulate matter up there.

I continue to hear about EPA's efforts on ozone, methane, and hydraulic fracturing.

The EPA's efforts to regulate existing electric power plants will increase energy prices and negatively impact the economy in Alaska and throughout the United States.

I think we did exactly what the American people have complained we don't do enough of in Washington, we sat down the Republicans, Democrats, advocates, and business.

I would suggest some of the Agency's choices are troubling.