We need a BIA that works.

I want to state at the start of this hearing my strong support for Mr. Echo Hawk's nomination.

I have sometimes described dealing with the BIA very much like walking through wet cement.

I want the BIA to work. I want it to work well for the benefit of the first Americans, American Indians.

I am much more interested in finding is there a way to take this carbon and provide from it beneficial use.

The question isn't whether we use coal. The question is how.

If we are smart and we go about this the right way, we might well find that you can create an asset in terms of trying to deal with what we consider a liability.

Where do you think the most successful work is going on in algae at the moment on a trial basis?

We need to make a significant effort to decarbonize coal, and the question is what do you do with that carbon?

Congress should support and strengthen policies inclusive of algae energy system development in future energy and climate change legislation and loan guarantees for commercial demonstrations.

The question is not 'whether,' it is 'how' do we address it?

I think when we try to address this larger issue of climate change and carbon capture and so on we really do need to think outside the box.