We have urged the FDA to honor a provision authored by the late Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Lisa Murkowski.

I support the President.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that clarification.

We have been working here in the committee to report out a cyber security bill.

You were charged with developing some game changing energy technologies.

I think we also recognize that when we are talking about what the prospects may hold for the SMRs, one of the stumbling blocks that we encounter is how we dispose of the used nuclear fuel and the radioactive waste.

The administration has clearly put a focus on that, and I think we have seen some gains there.

We have all benefited from your decision to help implement our Nation's energy policy.

I wonder where you find the hours in your day.

I appreciate you coming back to the committee.

I think it is fair to say that we share a genuine interest in those exciting technologies.

I rise today to honor a gentleman by the name of John Katz. John is a longtime public servant to the State of Alaska who is set to retire at year's end. John has served Alaska for more than 40 years, working for eight different Governors…

Drilling in this region will neither reduce our nation's dependence on oil and lower the cost of energy.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a national treasure.

We ought to focus on harnessing the power of clean, renewable energy.

I will continue this tradition and oppose any future attempts to degrade this natural wonder.

I think that's a goal that we certainly all share. We always look for ways to make our agencies more efficient, less costly, and we should welcome the participation of the people who actually work there.

I would certainly hope that, at a bare minimum, there is a level of consultation not only with the committees, the Congress, but, clearly, with those that are involved in mining operations.

This was in the U.S. News and World Report. There was an article suggesting that the administration, the President is kind of pushing gun owners off of public lands.

I have come to the floor this morning to discuss a provision in the Energy and Water appropriations bill that apparently Senator Bingaman has just spoken to. This would require the sale of $500 million worth of oil from our Nation's…

I think we're going to continue to have a lot of questions about how it would actually be implemented.

We also applaud the efforts of Senator Murkowski and other committee members to pass critical minerals legislation that includes a review of the permitting system to determine how to make it more efficient while maintaining our current…

there is much, much work that needs to be done, if, in fact, this can even move forward.

I would just remind everyone that the last time the Department of the Interior attempted to regulate guns in national parks, we ended up with the guns-in-park legislation.

And we also applaud the efforts of Senator Murkowski and other committee members to pass critical minerals legislation that includes a review of the permitting system to determine how to make it more efficient while maintaining our current…