This should concern all of us.

I ask unanimous consent that Myles Odermann, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Again, just to reiterate, we need to get Postal reform done because these things, they all land in your lap, and you are there alone.

I continue to be deeply concerned about the lack of systemic reform within the Postal Service.

I do not think there is any doubt that we have failed in our oversight responsibility and our management responsibility of the post office.

I think that anyone who picked up the Wall Street Journal over the last couple of weeks and read the stories about Indian health and what is happening, especially in our region of the world in the Great Plains--it shocked the conscience…

before the chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations leaves, I also would like to put into the Record that, recently, in a raid that was performed in the Philippines, some very interesting documentation was seized about…

one thing I want to talk about, as we are talking about carbon utilization--and Joe did a great job of talking about new technologies. Frequently when I talk about this topic people say: There is no such thing as clean coal. Coal cannot be…

That is OK. I am from the better Dakota. I just have to tell you. Mr. President, I am always perplexed when the opposition party, the Republican Party, says: We are the party of business. We are the party that believes that government…

I ask unanimous consent that Felicia Lucci, an AAAS fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would like to associate myself with the comments from the former Governor and now Senator from the great State of New Hampshire. It is not enough to say the system is failing. It is not enough to come here and say: We can fix it if you…

Because state agencies and policies continue to leave American Indians and Alaska Natives out of data collection efforts, data reporting, and analysis, Indian Country has become what the National Congress of American Indians calls the…