I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit approval by the Food and Drug Administration of…

I will continue to advocate for the needs of military children and for mental health services for our veterans.

It is increasingly important that we renew our commitment to ensure that the promises made to our Veterans are promises that we honor.

The third thing I think that needs to be done is to assure that we have competent people in our government who are able to make sensible judgments without conflicts.

It is. It's trying to find that balance and determining where you have those areas where the private sector just isn't willing or able to be involved.

I think most would agree that it's time for us to renew a coherent, long term approach to energy development, truly and all of the above approach.

I'm intrigued by some of your proposals, Mr. Jenkins, about how we really do get to reform of some of our subsidies and how we figure out what the ramping is.

Innovation, of course, is absolutely at the core of that strategy.

I believe there are 3 guards that are very important if the government is going to have to make difficult choices which the government has to do.

The first of those is that the government appoint competition to the maximum possible extent so that everybody has a fair shot at contributing and being involved.

I appreciate your comments. I've long held that one of the ways to get to our energy future is, again, using those revenues from our fossil fuels to help build out the technology, the innovation, to advance us to the next generation of…

Second, whatever is done should be highly transparent.

It would be, indeed, a fine birthday present if we could figure out, as a committee, how we really advance some good, strong energy policy for this Nation using the ingenuity, the, just the opportunity that we have as a Nation to really…

Whether the American people really want a CES. Whether it's appropriate in light of what States are already doing.

I hope that we can figure out how we prioritize.

Shouldn't we expect the utilities to pay much higher prices for a requirement that is 3 times higher with only 3 years to comply?

If this is going to save me money, let's talk about it. If it's not, let's not talk about it.

You cannot put a 20-percent increase on the cost of freight that comes into the State of Alaska and expect people to be able to continue to buy groceries or lumber or whatever it is that they need.

It's impossible for the engines in older aircraft to run without lead being in their fuels.

I think it's going to be important that it clearly be established through legal opinion, or some form of assurance out there that, in fact, this can be and will be limited to large-scale mining.

I had asked my Alaska staff to, as they meet with various community leaders, to just kind of keep a running list of some of the issues that are coming out of our communities.

So it seems to me that you're presuming that there is an impact. I guess I look at it and say, it would be more appropriate to look at these impacts only if you do discover that there is a link between fracking and contaminated water first.

I am worried about the unintended consequences for other development should the EPA decide to take such action.

We recognize that this is going to increase the cost of living in Alaska at a time that we can't handle it.

So they are the new PM2.5 standards.