I thank the Senator from Maryland. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

I rise on behalf of Senator Crapo and myself to introduce the Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act. Idahoans deeply value their Second Amendment rights, and recreational use of firearms for hunting and shooting sports is common…

Before you can resolve a problem, you have got to know what is causing the problem.

I thank the Senator. (The remarks of Mr. Risch pertaining to the introduction of S. 2616 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

But, are you telling me that his Executive order that we are not going to send children back did not cause an explosion when people understood that, if they got here, that they were not going to have to go back anymore?

However, we need to move beyond the technical cooperation and research.

I hope we can conclude a bilateral investment treaty quickly, increase United States direct investment in India, and, very importantly, improve intellectual property protections.

Economic reforms will be incredibly important to create a fair and equal playing field to lure more foreign investment.

I am encouraged by Prime Minister Modi's victory and I know there is a lot of hope that Modi wants to revive India's economic growth, rein in corruption, encourage the private sector, and create jobs.

I understand it is very early on in the Modi administration, but do you see some things there that give you some hope that there is going to be some movement in that regard?

collaborating on other areas of energy security.

I'm a co-sponsor of Wyden/Crapo.