Jeff Flake

They pulled a fast one and moved this from a 15-minute vote to a 10-minute vote.

Thank you for your indulgence.

I wish this bill was not necessary, but two recent proposals by the Forest Service have created the need for the bill and to stand up for private property.

Requiring a business to turn over their water rights to the Federal Government as a condition of getting a permit is about like asking the oil man to sign over his drilling rig to the BLM.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:16 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, June 11, 2015, at 10 a.m…

This passed by voice vote last Congress. It should be non-controversial.

We do not want the states to pay the price.

I want to thank the Ranking Member, Senator Heinrich, for co-sponsoring that.

These hybrid or cross-bred buffalo that migrated into the park are really wreaking havoc.

You cannot always pick your partners.

With Nigeria now looking like they will be more cooperative and more willing to work on security, what should we be concerned about going ahead?

Defense is rising faster.

We have seen over time a decrease in State Department assistance and an increase in defense funding.

Burundi has, in fact, suspended their participation in the peacekeeping operations in Somalia? Have they not?

I am still in charge here.

U.S. security assistance to Africa is especially relevant today given the complex security climate on the continent.

We appreciate your service and your testimony here today.

Let us move with common sense.

The CLEER Act will simply ease the regulatory burden of States, including arid States like Arizona, from these exceptional events.

The problem is the EPA simply will not treat it as such.

I had the honor, and all of us did, of working with Senator Jon Kyl, the premier water expert, not only in the Congress, but arguably in America.

Today, Indian water settlements are critical in the face of the ongoing drought in the West.

These water settlements are important to the well-being of tribal members.

But we recognize and other testimony has said that we have got the grid to worry about.

I would just note that Operation Streamline was included in the 2012 to 2016 Border Patrol strategic plan.