It is 46 percent lower to construct in Alaska than the lower 48. That is impossible, based on my experience.

There should be clear review of additional reductions in the USF fund, especially in Alaska, based on this data.

Absolutely. I thank my friend from West Virginia. We built the largest single capital project back in the 1970s when we brought oil off the North Slope, almost 800 miles through the harshest, most unpredictable climates one would ever see…

Sequestration will affect CBP's ability to apprehend illegal aliens and seize illegal contraband.

it is wasteful and inefficient for the Government to operate under this cloud of uncertainty and to divert resources to plan for extraordinarily disruptive contingencies that are within the Congress' authority to avoid.

I come to the floor to speak on the Violence Against Women Act, but before I do that, I wish to say I appreciate the comments of my friend from Indiana. We all want to get this budget under control. We all recognize we have to get it under…

I request the time to make my statement as required. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The clerk will call the roll…

I wish to speak about legislation I am introducing today that would restore basic fairness to how our Nation shares revenue from energy produced Federal waters. The Alaska Adjacent Zone Safe Oil Transport and Revenue Sharing Act would…

I thank my colleague from California for making those important remarks. I am also here to talk about the Paycheck Fairness Act for a few minutes, if I could. As she said in her last remarks, it is very important to note the last few times…

Congress can help by supporting the Mental Health First Aid Act that has been introduced by Senator Begich with bipartisan support.

Let me conclude with my comments to say I agree especially with the latter part regarding how to engage people on what these resources will be. I want to commend the chairman of the Subcommittee on Appropriations on the eloquent…

I will tell you, in Alaska it is even magnified in a lot of ways. If you think of this country, three-quarters of the coastline is Alaska. Fishermen have been fishing there commercially not just for a few hundred years but for 10,000 years…

I rise today to pay tribute to a mentor of mine in the Senate, Senator Daniel Inouye. The histories of my State and Senator Inouye's are closely connected. We both entered the Union at the same time, in 1959. As a matter of fact, I know as…

I ask consent to speak until my comments are completed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I further ask that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate; and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I further ask that the Senate immediately proceed to a voice vote on a motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2838. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is on agreeing to the…

To conclude, this is the Coast Guard reauthorization bill. It is a bill that has taken a while to work out between all of the parties, but it has incredible value, obviously, for my home State of Alaska and for the Presiding Officer's home…

I now lay before the Senate a message from the House with respect to H.R. 2838. The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives…

I rise to engage in a colloquy with my colleague from the State of Alaska, Ms. Murkowski, and my colleague from the State of Washington, Ms. Cantwell, regarding a provision in H.R. 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of…

We all want to improve it, that we want to make it more efficient.

Let me just say thank you very much, and again, I look forward to hopefully both of you being confirmed.

I would ask you to come up there, but on a larger issue, more and more veterans are living in rural parts of our country.

To have a veteran come from a small village in Alaska to have to deal with their case in this body here in Washington, DC, spending, my guess would be, based on my own experience, if you travel from a small village to Washington, DC, that…

I come from Alaska, which is very rural. We utilize video-teleconferencing quite a bit from hearings to medicine to education.