Mark Udall

We expect two rollcall votes at approximately 2 p.m. tomorrow on judicial nominations. Additionally, there is a joint meeting of Congress with the President of Korea at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Senators will gather in the Senate Chamber at 3:40…

I look forward to hearing about this report in detail from Jon Jarvis, the Director of the National Park Service.

Specifically we're here to review a report that the Park Service issued last month entitled, A Call to Action: Preparing for a Second Century of Stewardship and Engagement.

I'm very much looking forward to the discussion that we're going to have on this important hearing.

Good afternoon. The Subcommittee on National Parks will come to order.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 9:02 p.m., adjourned until Saturday, July 30, 2011, at 1 p.m…

As a reminder to all Senators, the majority leader filed cloture on the motion to concur on the House message with a Reid amendment this evening. ____________________

This construction can provide an economic shot in the arm to many families at a time when it is most needed.

Over one-quarter of Minnesota's unemployed workers are construction workers.

A commitment to full funding from Minnesota and Wisconsin means that the project does not require further appropriation from the Congress.

The whole role in which the Udall Institute operates is to mediate, convene, and encourage the stakeholders.

I want to be clear here, because I, I want to be even-handed.

It appears in this case that the Park Service and the bill sponsors are trying to balance 2 areas of concern: On one hand, the protection of a national park and its native wildlife, and on the other, the cultural traditions of a native…

I know he and I both look forward to the day when we call you back to the committee to discuss further a proposal to create a national park in the 1 State that doesn't have a national park, which is the great State of Delaware--the first…

We believe that's true. We're very grateful to the Senator for including that provision in her bill.

I think that's an important question. We'll work together to find the answer.

I know this is an important issue to the Minnesota and Wisconsin senators, and I will continue to work with them as we consider the policy issues raised at this hearing.

I would like to congratulate my colleague, Senator Paul, who was ratified last week by the committee as the new ranking member of the National Parks Subcommittee.

I write to express strong concern over legislation pending in the U.S. House (H.R. 850) and the U.S. Senate (S. 1134) that would allow a fiscally-irresponsible and environmentally-damaging $700 million 'mega-bridge' to be constructed over…

The Affordable Care Act was focused in part on outcomes.

Again, the point of the hearing is how do we maintain quality, how do we encourage the pharmaceutical sector to innovate and take some risks, but how do we get a handle on the enormous cost of providing drugs to Americans.

I do understand, Mr. Blum, that if the IPAB recommendations are not acceptable to the Congress, we can simply override them with our own ideas and our own proposals about how to contain costs.

And that's the point of the hearing today, and I want to thank Senator Kohl and Senator Corker for convening this.

I'm highly worried that before the legislation we didn't even have an IPAB. Now we have an IPAB, and I think its goal inevitably will be to metastasize into what the British have.

I understand we are debating a specific resolution. I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. NASA