the President has said all along--that new legislation is the best way to deal with climate change.

I will just reiterate, as much as I appreciate the effort and the need to be very thorough with this, I've stressed before--and I know it has been received by you we will miss out on this season if decisions aren't made within this very…

I would ask that you look at the funding for the Village Safe Water program.

I remain very disappointed, I'm actually amazed by what I consider to be a short-sighted decision.

I applaud you for that general goal.

I'm trying to understand, as you talk about the Treasured Landscapes, understand what the definition is of the Treasured Landscapes program.

this is not an either/or moment. It is a both/and moment.

I would like greater understanding or clarification.

This country needs to retain an oil industry to keep us from being 100 percent dependent on foreign oil.

the United States should produce a larger percentage of the oil that it consumes.

I absolutely prefer that the Senate take action.

I stand behind the President's call for a comprehensive energy legislation that puts a price on carbon.

I appreciate that, and I appreciate your statement that you will continue to make leases available.

Can you give me a level of assurance that we can advance work in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska?

The only 2 that have come to my attention are Teshapuk Lake and the Bristol Bay region.

I support the need for new legislation to address carbon pollution.

Alaska--as you, I think, often refer to it as, sort of, America's Last Frontier and has huge ecological resources up there.

I would like nothing more than to see Congress enact comprehensive energy and climate legislation.

I believe it should be the Congress that does the policymaking in this area.

the President, in his statements that I have read, has been quite clear that he prefers and is encouraging the Congress to move on climate policy.

We certainly agree, and would want to see that continued and encouraged.

Any cuts in the Federal assistance will severely affect them.

You have a 49 step process in order for somebody to get a drilling permit.

I think just about every Native group, every tribe that comes to visit me here in Washington has raised and expressed their concerns about the IRR program at the BIA.

I would like to see doubling of all our Indian education budgets that we have.