I am working to reintroduce the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund Act, a bill introduced in 2008 by then-Senator, now-Secretary, Ken Salazar.

This is a compromise across the aisle in the finest tradition of the Senate.

I do think that with that kind of structure, particularly of Senator Baucus' work in this area so far, but others as well, there's reason to think that with that structure it wouldn't take a huge amount of initial investment to start to…

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it. The tree is the real thing.

Will you support the declaration of a public health emergency in Libby so that the cleanup will be done right, and so the people of Libby can get medical care?

I urge you to commit to fully fund and complete this toxicity assessment for Libby residents.

At this Committee last fall, we held a hearing and released a report documenting the failure of EPA to declare a public health emergency in Libby.

Nowhere is this more true than in Libby where EPA's failure to declare a public health emergency has hindered EPA's cleanup efforts and denied medical care to hundreds of residents.

The EPA has failed to understand the needs of some of our most vulnerable communities.

But a lot of people say they are going to help us, but most of them don't, so I will be watching you.

I personally asked you to come visit Montana, come to Libby, Montana, see what is going on in Libby, Montana.