This is something that I would like us to have an opportunity to get into further.

I believe both of the nominees today are highly qualified for the positions they have been nominated for.

If confirmed you would work with the Ethics Counsel at FERC to determine how to proceed.

Do you still think that the number of proceedings from which you would have to recuse yourself is 43 or thereabouts? Is that correct?

I think many of us would suggest that this needs to be looked at.

I think it's just critically important that the FERC be viewed as this unbiased entity that really is even handed.

Reliability is job one, Mr. Bay.

If individual isn't able to gain access to that in a timely manner in order to prepare his or her rebuttal, doesn't this limit their ability to effectively advocate their side of the issue?

I have come to the floor today to reintroduce a piece of legislation that I feel is long overdue. The Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act is a bill to authorize the interment in national cemeteries of Hmong veterans who served in…

I am concerned about recent data published by CDC showing a huge spike in nicotine poisonings among small children related to e-cigarettes.

I have been somewhat disappointed with some lackluster implementation plans, but I have been very encouraged by DARPA's Assured Arctic Awareness initiative.

I think is critically important not just for the State of Alaska, not at all, but truly for the entire Nation.

We are probably still a ways away. I appreciate your perspective on it.

I have always thought that this made a lot of sense, particularly in some of our remote areas.

Many of us believe that USGS has suffered from no small amount of mission creep in recent years.

When we have drought situations, as we clearly have in the West right now, I am concerned that oftentimes when our water resources are short there is an imbalance in terms of how our agencies meet the environmental obligations they have.

I appreciate your response. I look forward to working with you on those very basic areas which, I think, far too often get pushed to the back when there is something brighter and shinier that occupies this space.

I share your concerns about funding. I share your sense of priorities for these basic data collection efforts.

I appreciate the comments of my colleague and friend from Pennsylvania and the discussion of why we are here on a late Thursday afternoon. We started off the week with an air of optimism that with the energy efficiency bill before us, we…

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to Ron Faibish of my staff during pendency of discussion on S. 2262. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we are here today to discuss the energy efficiency bill and what may or may not be the status on any given amendments. I want to take a few minutes this afternoon to speak about the issue of liquefied natural gas exports. Senator Barrasso…

The ACA has more than doubled premiums in the State.

I have a real concern here that we are setting forward a proposed rule that does not look to the flavoring that is going into these e-cigarettes, the impact on our children, some of the studies that we have seen.

The financial burden to our families is such that they are looking at this and saying, 'I am better off just paying the fines that will come with it.'

The President's Executive Order (EO) 13636 on cybersecurity and its accompanying Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21 directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a voluntary cybersecurity framework in…