We need to provide the resources here in our government so that the agencies who want to do their job can do their job.

Effective enforcement is not only an important aspect of domestic confidence-building, it is critical to ensure that we achieve the benefits that we negotiated for.

But it is also why Senator Gardner and I have come together, along with Representative Tipton, to release the draft Good Samaritan bill that the Committee will consider today.

I think this bill represents the broadest coalition that there has ever been because of the urgent need that is out there.

As Senator Gardner said, the blowout at the Gold King was an environmental and economic disaster for communities throughout Southwest Colorado.

Several legislative proposals have been introduced to update the 1872 mining law, including S. 2275, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2015.

This legislation would facilitate the cleanup of abandoned hardrock mines while creating tens of thousands of reclamation jobs across the West far into the future.

Earthworks applauds Senator Bennet and Senator Gardner for their work on the discussion draft this far.

The reality of Washington, DC, is divorced from the reality of our schools, students and educators.

The Every Student Succeeds Act rightly shifts the locus of decisionmaking back to States and districts.

Senator Bennet asks an excellent question.