I say thank you to my colleague from Washington. Mr. President, the level of frustration we have over this issue is unparalleled. We hear platitudes in the Senate. They usually start with: We believe in the will of the people. Let's do the…

Well, obviously, I do want to maybe make some points that are contrary to some of the discussion that my colleague just had. Ninety percent of all Ex-Im transactions are with small businesses that are under $10 million. The amount of…

I see other colleagues here ready to make presentations, but I just want to make two final points. If my colleagues want a full-throated debate, then move the nomination onto the floor and out of the committee. Let's have the debate. My…

we would like to engage in a discussion of what this means to American workers, to American exports, and to American manufacturing. I think we have worked very, very hard over the last several months to try and move this nomination…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session and the Banking Committee be discharged from consideration of PN1053, the nomination of Mark McWatters for the Board of Directors at the Export-Import Bank; that the…

I share my colleague's concerns about overregulation and the burden of regulation. I have been fighting regulation that makes no sense here in Congress, and so I agree with him. But that is not what we are talking about today. We are…

There would not have been a 911 response which I think is terrifying.

One of the things we are always going to ask about is consultation. It is the key to the relationship.

It took out one of our communities and we had to do a lot of repair.

I will tell you I was shocked. I was just down at Fort Yates for a tribal visit.

However, if that fire started in Fort Yates on a structure, there is no first responder.

We cannot leave a community the size of Fort Yates unprotected.