I am honored to co-sponsor this bill with you.

I would urge that a new 'Wise Man's Commission' be set up--similar to those that have played an important role in past years.

My bottom line, Mr. Chairman, is that there should be a reexamination of the entire alliance.

I am also recommending that President Obama, during his November visit to Japan, should go to Hiroshima and use the symbolism of that place to declare his vision of a nuclear-free world.

U.S. policy toward Japan should not be dictated solely by the needs of U.S. Marine Corps, however legitimate they may be.

today I congratulate and acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city of Middleton, ID. On April 10, 2010, the citizens of Middleton will gather at Roadside Park to commemorate the 100th year of its founding. This is a…

Thank you, Mr. President. Fellow Senators, I cannot imagine anyone wanting to vote against this amendment. Let me tell you what we have here. It is very simple. Apparently, you made an error when you drafted the original bill because what…

I completely agree with the distinguished senior Senator from Idaho, and I associate myself with his statements fully. Senator Crapo and I want to confirm with the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee that section…

I appreciate the attempt to find some common ground, but I am telling you, it is a whole different deal.

Allocation decisions and recommendations on all water resources projects and their management should be a state decision.

I want to thank TU for your work in Idaho. I am quite familiar with it, and the description you had in your testimony about working from the bottom up, as opposed to the top down, is one that the U.S. Government could take an example from.

But Ms. Kassen would affirm that when you are talking about 1 CFS up in the Upper Salmon stretches or the Little Lost or the Big Lost, that is a critical piece of habitat for fish.