These rules could seriously challenge the reliability of our Nation's grid system and push more Americans into energy insecurity.

I think we recognize that it is an increasingly important, independent agency.

I do think that it is something that should be encouraged.

It appears that the Administration is intent on transforming the very nature of energy production and use regardless of costs or sometimes even feasibility.

I appreciate your focus on reliability.

I was pleased for your personal commitment to me that you were going to be very mindful of the reliability piece.

We must address the trauma faced by our Native children.

When it takes our young people to shame the grownups into action, we darned well better be paying attention.

I am committed. We are going to get this Section 910 repealed, get that done and over with.

I have committed to him, as I have committed to Alaskans, that one of the things we can do most certainly at this point in time is to repeal Section 910 of VAWA, absolutely Alaska-specific there, but I think an effort that goes a long way…

I want to take this opportunity to thank him for his leadership on these issues that we both agree are critically important to the Native people of our State and not just the Native people of our State because I think we recognize that our…

We have to be able to have the resources to provide for this level of safety and security.

I would encourage this body as they move forward that not only is it important to discuss these issues here in this Committee, but as we talk on the floor of the Senate and other committees we sit on, that we discuss the importance of the…

I would really encourage that. Quite honestly, folks don't want to hear that we are engaged in more process.

But we have not seen that through the budgets put forth by this Administration. We have seen zero help there. We need you to help us. I am going to be very direct with that because we are going to demand that you help us.

Thank you for your work and efforts to repeal Section 910 of the Violence Against Women Act.

We specifically extend our appreciation to Senator Murkowski and Senator Begich for their support and efforts to repeal the Alaska exception of the Violence Against Women Act.

Thank you, Madam President. I assure my colleagues from Iowa, California, my colleagues from around the country, that as a Senator from an oil- and gas-producing State, a State where we have fossil fuels in abundance, that I, too, am…

and to our leader on the floor and to the colleagues who have come together to talk about this important issue for us as a nation from an energy perspective--and we mentioned the jobs and the benefits that flow to our Nation's economy…

Back in 2009 this administration, this Obama administration, came to a decision about the Alberta Clipper project. This was yet another pipeline from Canada to the United States. There were arguments for and against. But ultimately Clipper…

I have introduced legislation to authorize the Federal Government to dispose of a piece of property on Alaska's North Slope that it no longer needs or wants but is of great importance to the Inupiat residents of the North Slope…

Let's rely on that local knowledge.

We see so much in terms of the planning that I think FEMA puts in place for the buildup into the hurricane season.

But have we changed things in order to be better at, or are we just hoping that next time we get a little luckier?

This bill will not have a large impacts on society, but it is huge from an equity standpoint, because it fixes a mistake by a federal agency.