late last month I had the honor and the privilege to be in Sitka, AK, to honor the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that went down in the waters off of the State of Washington. That helicopter was based at the Coast Guard Air Station…

it has now been 99 days since the Deepwater Horizon drill rig caught fire and sank to the ocean floor. That incident--and the millions of barrels of oil that have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico since it began--has made it absolutely clear…

I appreciate former Chair Hogen's assessment and his concerns.

as I mentioned, this has been a very difficult week for our military and our veterans communities in the State of Alaska. On Tuesday of this week we came together in Sitka, at Sitka Air Station, the Coast Guard air station there, to honor…

I place these articles in the Record not only because Mo's legacy needs to be preserved in history, not only to do justice to the tremendous contribution of Mo Bailey, I am really hoping these articles will catch the attention of some of…

we're concerned about the use of dispersants or certainly the volume of the dispersants used

If the Commerce Department can spend money to improve exports, we can spend money to help our brothers and sisters in the gulf.

It's important to our business people, our restaurants, people who sell seafood, people who are the wholesale dealers.

In your opinion, is there enough evidence to suggest that it is, in fact, not worth it when you get that much closer into shore?

the seafood is safe regardless of where it comes from.

Is there anything internationally? Have the Norwegians done anything?

those fish, those shrimp may be absolutely perfectly safe, but as long as the public believes that they have been tainted, that market does not come back.

I think we do recognize that this is unprecedented, but we also recognize that we have been operating in offshore conditions for decades now.

So how can we give the consumer the assurance that the seafood that is coming from the gulf, in these waters, is safe for consumption?

Senator Shelby, he is quite concerned about hurricanes and hurricane preparation.

The research that has been done prior to Deepwater Horizon, has the research been focused equally on the volumes used or are we just talking about the various products?

Yes, because this is the first time that we have seen it applied directly at the source of the spill. Is that correct?

We need to know--we need to have that assurance that, in fact, these dispersants do what we hope they do and do not add additional risk when we're dealing with a spill.

today I introduce the Hydropower Renewable Energy Development Act of 2010. This is legislation to extend certain benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources. We have an incredible amount of hydropower…

I rise today to introduce two pieces of legislation aimed at increasing the production of our hardest working renewable resource, one that often gets overlooked in the clean energy debate--hydropower. The first bill I would like to…

I rise today to pay tribute to my friend and dear colleague, Senator Robert C. Byrd, who left us on Monday, June 28, 2010 at the age of 92. Senator Byrd was the longest serving member of the Senate. It is noteworthy that he was sworn in as…

I must admit that when I see the types of visitor centers and facilities at most National Park properties, and knowing the budget stresses the Park Service has been under, I do worry about how much Park Service oversight of the Valles…

I appreciate the long standing tradition in this body of allowing the delegation from a state to take the lead on federal land designations within their state.

The Oil Spill Prevention and Mitigation Improvement Act would require BP and other oil companies to do due diligence.

I am going to encourage my colleagues to do so.