Mark Udall: “Would you anticipate additional cutbacks if we do not, obviously, get our act together in the next fiscal year?”

today is a historic day, as Senator Wyden made clear, Senator Feinstein, Senator Rockefeller, and many other Senators to follow. Before I talk about my involvement in the efforts that were put forth to reach this day, I want to say to…

The royalties paid by coal companies--and energy development of all kinds on federal lands--provide critical support for local schools, roads and other services that Colorado families count on.

A great benefit to us.

it is humbling to stand here to speak one final time with my colleagues as a United States Senator. As a lifelong mountain climber, I have learned far more from the mountains I did not summit, than those I did. Every climb, I have found…