Byron Dorgan

If we cannot ultimately scale something up to a point where it makes a substantial difference in a very large energy system, then it can be of some help, but we really do need the scale.

BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota

I intensely dislike what he is doing, and I expect most informed soldiers in this country should dislike what he is doing because I believe it puts a soldier in the position of being a pawn as between the demands of a U.S. Senator and some…

I guess I will withhold on that and wait for another moment. But let me indicate quickly--and I will be happy to respond to a question then--the Outfall Canals/Pump to the river, which my colleague is so significantly criticizing the Corps…

Senator Dorgan's draft bill changes the law so that the weatherization funding gets to those who need it most.

Senator Dorgan has asked the Department of Interior to open up an oil and gas one stop shop.

We need to ensure that Indian tribes have the same opportunities as other entities to develop energy resources.

The weatherization needs of Indian tribes are barely an afterthought.

The need for weatherization on low income homes exceeds $50 million.

Energy production on Indian lands can be a big part of the answer to both problems.

Senator Dorgan's draft bill would create more of these one stop shops around Indian Country and streamline the bureaucratic 49-step process used to approve a single oil and gas lease.

The need for economic development in Indian communities is urgent and obvious.

Indian tribes have vast energy resources that could provide substantial economic development for their communities.

We urge the enactment of the Indian Energy Promotion and Parity Act.

Indian energy resources are locked up by a century of Federal law and policy that discourage development.

Let me again say the reasons that were clearly laid out were inappropriate reasons. The very specific project my colleague described as the problem--at least one of the problems--it turns out he would know, because he has received written…

It is unbelievable to me that we have 100 of these. This is one I am particularly concerned about because I think it misuses a soldier's promotion in pursuit of something that really cannot be done by an agency, and I regret this is…

I say to the Senator, I believe you have it pretty close to right. As I understand it, the Senator is demanding things of the Corps of Engineers that they do not have the legal authority to do. Until they do them, he is going to hold up…

That is correct, I think perhaps boasting about it. He is saying: I have to do this for my State. But there is nothing he can gain for his State because the Corps of Engineers cannot move on these issues. They do not have the authority…

All of this costs a lot of money, and when any of us ever talk about the Federal budget deficit, that's--we also have to make the point that all of this ought to be paid for, year by year, one way or another, in a budgeting process.

I know there'll be some disagreement on the START Treaty, and I've already seen some.

I would like to personally thank you, Lieutenant General O'Reilly, for appearing before this subcommittee to discuss our nation's missile defense.

But, isn't it the case that the ballistic missile defense activities have been far more robust than the--any activities to defend against cruise missiles?

I don't believe the START Treaty does that at all.

The need for and amounts of financial support required to encourage the rapid development and deployment of CCS technology.