It takes huge courage to do what Senator Murkowski and I heard last week did, to stand up...

making matters worse, it provides an additional $3.1 billion to State energy programs but imposes conditions on receiving funds that are currently met by only a handful of States. Another example I wish to leave you with is the smart grid…

The Loan Guarantee Program is an excellent example of the do everything approach.

I do not believe it is necessary to establish a new, private entity to make this work.

I have made the invitation to you to join us in Alaska, so you can come and meet some of over 200 federally-recognized tribes in Alaska.

I agree with you. I am not quite sure if the clean energy bank is the way to go...

I share your concern that the creation of a new and more flexible federal financing vehicle for clean energy technologies not delay either efforts to improve the existing Title XVII program or the much-needed award of loan guarantees under…

To inhibit access to public lands is just amazing to me.

I don't believe that is the case.

I think you and I would agree that most of those opinions are not exactly favorable in terms of what has been happening.

Do we really want this Loan Guarantee Program or not. Some people would say no.

I believe that this Committee should continue its active oversight of the program to ensure that the Loan Guarantee Program Office works diligently to complete its reviews and execute term sheets to deploy its existing loan guarantee…

We need to ask ourselves what we are trying to achieve with this program. Is our aim simply to increase renewable energy production? Or is the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

I know this is an important issue for the Chairman, who has been a long-time champion of a national Renewable Portfolio Standard.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think that at least my goals are to try and focus on these social goals of lowering greenhouse gas emissions, increasing environmental quality, increasing energy security, improving sustainability, and lowering costs.

All, but none of which is counted in your renewable energy standard.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening this hearing today. This is the first in a series of hearings the Energy Committee will conduct as we work to craft the third comprehensive energy bill in as many Congresses.

Are we in agreement as to what it is that we are attempting to achieve with the renewable energy standard? Is it the reduction of emissions, or is it an increase in renewable energy production?

States, of course, are in a far better position than Congress to determine what resources and timetables work best for them.

I would like to thank Senator Dorgan, Senator Murkowski, and indeed the entire Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for all of their hard work on behalf of Indian health.

sometime this week letters will be mailed from the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in St. Louis, MO, to 25 elderly Alaskans. Those letters will tell these 25 elderly Alaskans that the Army has changed its mind--it has changed its…

I rise to speak about my vote on final passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I want to first reiterate a most important statement of the entire debate on this bill, with which we all agree. As I said yesterday, during debate on…

Tribes are ready and willing, and we have the resources. There is no doubt about it.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.