Over 100 years ago, President Roosevelt launched a Navy mission known as the Great White Fleet on a voyage around the world. President Roosevelt's leadership put the world on notice that the United States was a global maritime Nation open…

Madam President, I rise this morning to talk about America's energy future. The reality is we need a diversified energy future. What I mean by that is we need to develop all of our energy resources. In my home State of North Dakota, we are…

Mr. President, I am pleased to be here with Senator Snowe and to rise in support of her legislation, the Freedom Act of 2011. I will be brief in my comments. I know she has comments to make. I also appreciate Senator Boxer's comments in…

We need to get those trade agreements ratified, and your help there is greatly appreciated.

I would like to begin by inviting you to come out to our State and see some of the impacts of that flooding.

I appreciate the work on the biofuels. I think we are working to make that transition. Again, I am optimistic.

I want to pick up on a couple of the themes, though, that I did at least hear part of the discussion on, one of which is flooding.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on behalf of S. 953. Today I wish again to speak about gas prices in our country and the pressing need to increase domestic supply. In a nutshell, the way you reduce prices at the pump for American consumers…

I am going to ask the Secretary the same question, but I just wanted to give both of you a chance. Why is it taking so long?

Putting shallow water in the effective moratorium has cost jobs. It has cost the economy, and it has cost the production that would allow these prices in gasoline to be lower.

I think that is what we are trying to get at. So that it is fair process that certainly protects the environment, but that empowers private investment and empowers more energy production for this country.