I want to express its appreciation to the Senators for their continued involvement and leadership in addressing the issues of fuel reduction.

We cannot afford to lose this critical forest management tool, which will expire on September 30, 2013 without Congressional action.

It's time for a change.

We believe that this will allow us to move more quickly, and we would greatly appreciate your input as we go along, and your support for this legislation.

I want to thank Senator Baucus for his support of that legislation, and others on this panel.

OK, assuming that that could rectified, then you would be able to support?

this is the first appropriations bill we are considering for fiscal year 2014. Unfortunately, in my view, it gets us off on the wrong foot because of the spending level. The bill spends more than $54 billion, which is about $5 billion…

on behalf of Senators McCain, Crapo, Risch, Heller, and myself I am pleased to introduce the Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act. As we continue to search for ways to prevent future wildland fire tragedies, it is…

I speak today recognizing that I have only been a Member of this body for about 6 months and a couple of days. I am hardly an expert on Senate rules, procedures, or precedent. But this much I do know: The rule change being considered this…

I rise today as the Senate is on the verge of passing immigration reform by what may well be a historic bipartisan majority. It has been my honor and privilege to have a role in moving this legislation forward. We are moving one step…

But mostly to Chief Tidwell and if we can go with this, stewardship contracting, we've got to reauthorize by September 30.

I take the floor today to speak in support of the Hoeven-Corker amendment that will soon be filed. Let me say the goal of the so-called Gang of 8 has always been to bring forward from Congress a solution to our broken immigration system…