We do have to recognize that there are considerable missed opportunities and how we can address these policies to help even that playing field.

It gives tribes the impression that the government doesn't trust them to handle their own energy development on their lands.

But you keep talking about these sales that will be the bridge, but in order for a bridge to work, it has to be anchored to something on either side.

I do not think we are going to need any assistance with firefighting here in Washington, DC this morning.

We cannot give up on this region. We cannot give up on a region that has opportunity and has potential, but is being denied because of policies from our own Federal Government.

Every year, you and I have this conversation.

I know the tribes are hopeful as well.

I think we know that there is still more legal wrangling and procedure before the exemption will definitively apply on the Tongass.

Some of the things the Alberta Clipper line provided were increasing the diversity of available supplies. It shortens the transportation pathway for a sizable portion of our crude imports. It increases crude oil supplies from major…

I wish to thank my colleague from North Dakota. I have had an opportunity to go to North Dakota and see firsthand how, in Senator Hoeven's State, they are embracing this energy renaissance we are seeing in this country--a renaissance that…

I would hope that the Forest Service would defend the exemption in any subsequent proceedings.

I think it is absolutely critical that there be a renewable energy plan that not only incorporates our opportunity and potential for hydropower, but also the geothermal resources that we have there.

I think that's going to be critically important moving forward.

Are you willing to work with me to ensure that funds in NOAA's Marine Debris Program are allocated on a priority basis?

I am further concerned that your agency does not fully appreciate the magnitude of this problem.

I come to the floor about an hour or so after a vote on a motion to proceed to take up the Paycheck Fairness Act. I struggled with my decision as to whether to move to this measure that I feel was flawed in terms of its approach to a…

I've consistently said that we'll let the market decide which fuels are the winners based on economics and affordability, but I can't be reliability neutral.

Reliability and affordability must remain our core considerations.

I do think that that is going to be an important aspect.

We believe that coal is a low cost option and that it should be a part of our energy mix.

This revelation, with its national security implications, I find, extremely troubling.

I would commend the Chair, Chairman LaFleur, for taking swift action in response to this report to secure the classified information.

The current capacity markets are not functioning as intended.

We can always do more.

we cannot be reliability neutral. That we have got to ensure that the lights go on and that our electric sources, whatever they may be, where ever they may be coming from, that they're robust. They're reliable and of course, they are…