I think it would very helpful for purposes of just getting your sense of what factors the Congress should focus on in this debate about exports.

I think it would be about an equal amount from the Rockies as well as from Canada.

I think that the court laid it out very, very clearly. It said that full reimbursement will be provided.

I have stated many times that we're going through a, just kind of a reassessment, in terms of understanding our energy and our energy portfolio.

I feel like I am fighting the Administration.

Again, we do want to ensure that within the language of the statutes that there is no ambiguity.

What we've talked about, Senator Murkowski and I, from the very beginning, is we were going to make sure that consumers were front and center in this whole debate about the future of energy policy.

I appreciate you saying that because it is an area that is somewhat overlooked.

I will stand to support each of you and appreciate your willingness to serve.

I am pleased that we have been able to schedule a markup to consider several military withdrawal bills. These withdrawals of our public lands are critical to support military readiness and can only be accomplished through Congressional…

It's important that we honor our compacts.

The fact that we are continuing to bring this up before members of the Administration I find very, very frustrating.

I want to follow my friend and colleague from Minnesota in explaining why I too support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, known as ENDA. As she has very well articulated, the notion that somehow or other discrimination of any kind…

I request permission to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Affordable Care Act

this morning in the HELP Committee we had an opportunity to hear from the administrator of the health exchanges, Ms. Tavenner, who came before the committee to talk about where we are in the process now with the exchanges that have been…

The sun does not rise and set in Washington, DC, or on Eastern Standard Time.

What happens on January the 5th? I have an incident where I need my insurance. My insurance has been canceled.

So when a family finishes up dinner, does the dishes, puts the kids to bed in Alaska, 9 p.m. is 1 a.m.

If you like the plan you have, you can keep it without having to change a thing.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Tavenner, thank you for joining us in the committee today.

I thank my colleague. I appreciate that as we work to advance opportunities for American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian children throughout the country, we remember these are not just statistics. As horrifying as these statistics…

I rise today to speak to an issue in my State of Alaska, in the State of North Dakota--quite honestly, in so many of our home States. We have facts, we have statistics, and we have issues that face our indigenous peoples, most particularly…

I ask unanimous consent at this time to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from North Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Ms. Murkowski and Ms. Heitkamp pertaining to…

If I may close out my comments, Senator Heitkamp has honored an individual, Alyce Spotted Bear, by naming this commission on Native American children after Alyce Spotted Bear. She has invited me to also include a leader on so many…

I rise today to introduce unique legislation to remedy a clear mistake by the Federal Government that affects only a single person, an Army veteran, formerly from Alaska, now living in Idaho, who for the past nearly 40 years has been…