Sure. Your increase for fiscal year 2014 is 12 percent higher than fiscal year 2014 enacted.

With due deference to the good Senator, I understand his desire to make sure people who are unemployed receive assistance. I think he truly is a champion in that effort. I appreciate the opportunity to work with him in a bipartisan way…

Mr. President, I thank the esteemed Senator from Wyoming for leading this colloquy. Our effort here is to address in real terms the problem--the legislation we have on the floor right now is the unemployment insurance bill--to truly…

This legislation is about making sure foster homes are safe, not only on our reservations in North Dakota, but across the Country.

This brings me to the proposed Native American Child Safety Act currently introduced by Senators Hoeven and Tester and co-sponsored by Senators Barrasso and Heitkamp.

The proposed legislation would, among other things, expand background check requirements for all adults residing in prospective foster care homes.

Mr. President, I rise to offer an amendment to the unemployment insurance legislation we are currently considering. While we all want to help those who are unemployed, the real solution is to get them a job, is to create a growing economy…

I would like to thank you for holding this hearing.

On the 26th of March, the Ninth Circuit upheld the roadless rule exemption for the Tongass.

I introduced the Empower States Act, allowing States and tribes the ability to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands.

I have had serious concerns about new Federal regulations of hydraulic fracturing on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.