This is what a balanced budget looks like.

These cuts would significantly reduce funding for tribal education programs and social services. This is unacceptable, and it is a betrayal of our trust responsibilities to tribes.

Arlington is a national disgrace, and I'm talking about the building up on top--Lee's home.

I fully understand the responsibility of the Executive Branch, as well as the responsibility of Congress.

I suppose I should not be surprised the Administration is proposing to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Well, we're looking at long-term funding.

This is our nation's most successful land conservation program, which 85 Senators voted to make permanent just last year.

Fighting forest fires, particularly in the West, has become a billion-dollar problem.

I would be honored to accept your invitation. And I will be out there in--one thing good about this job is you see a lot of beautiful country and you meet a lot of great, great people. I'll commit to go out there, and I'll commit to work…

I think part of the job is to make sure that, again, we are good stewards of the land and that means you return it to better condition than you found it.

I expect a reclamation project and a plan to restore those lands to its condition.

We have to make sure that as partners we hold industry accountable, that we are transparent in what we are doing.