This legislation will help the tribe move one step closer to realizing its legitimate water rights.

Without prudent and expedient consideration of feasibility studies like this one, the situation will only get worse.

I agree that reform of the General Mining Laws of 1872 is long overdue.

We support this bill.

the ``Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2009'' (S. 140) introduced by Senator Feinstein.

We support these provisions.

We would be happy to work with California Senators Boxer and Feinstein and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as a whole.

Senator Feinstein's' proposed increase per claim of $300 per year is a certain death to mineral discovery, exploration and development.

These changes are long overdue.

The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says CIA Leon Panetta testified on Capitol Hill that he was told former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the agency not to brief Congress about a secret counterintelligence program…

In my opinion, it would be inappropriate for a right-of-way granted to a railroad by the Federal Government for rail purposes to be used for anything other than rail.

On June 30, 2009, I wrote a letter to the Department of the Interior (DOI) requesting a re-examination of a 1989 Solicitor's Opinion...

I think this bill presents the caution to States, to counties, to look deeply to see if a crime of violence, in fact, is motivated by hate, not dismiss it.

If the State ignores this, the Attorney General can look at it and say, we have decided to prosecute this case.

This law only applies to a felony and a crime of violence.

Hate crimes are really the worst. They are scarring forever on the individual, they are brutal when they happen.

It is not acceptable that narcotics-trafficking directions be given out of Federal or State prisons.

We are going to have ideas, but we want to interact with, as I said, members of the Committee to get your ideas as well so that the process that ultimately is put in place is one that will have the support of Congress.

Once a military commission declares somebody an enemy combatant and the decision is made that they remain a national security risk, there is a necessity... to provide a due process review.

I would just like to clear up a bit of repartee between you and Senator Coburn on the e-mail surveillance concerns.

This is a big opinion on the Fourth Amendment with respect to American citizens and American military.

I am one that thinks you are a refreshing breath of fresh air in the Department, so welcome.

I find her to be a very strong and a determined leader.

Thank you for your friendship and partnership over these many years. For so many people, especially women, you are an icon.

I would like to just continue on the abandoned mine subject because we have 47,000 abandoned mines in California, and an estimated 13,000 are on BLM land.