We need to protect everybody's rights.

Thank you for your help and support with the Native American Children's Protection Act, which I sponsored, along with Senator Tester.

There are still serious concerns that have yet to be addressed.

We wanted to make sure several issues raised by the local people were addressed before any transfer occurred.

I appreciate it and I wanted to put that on the record, that your help and support was vital.

You have to have some kind of hearings, some kind of process.

We look forward to making sure this is done carefully and that everybody's rights and interests are protected and considered fairly.

Is there a plan for public meetings to take input before any action is taken?

In many cases, that land was taken from individuals, not from the tribe, from individuals.

We must repeal COOL today or we risk billions of dollars worth of retaliation.

I think a very easy out that lets everybody walk away a winner on both sides, consumers and producers, and that is simply take the existing law where it concerns cattle and beef and change it from 'mandatory' to 'voluntary.'

I rise to speak about the National Defense Authorization Act. This is legislation we are currently considering that we need to pass. It is important for our military, and it is important for the American people. I have offered a number of…

Addressing these issues is vital for the well-being of our communities.

the legislative draft being worked on by Senators Hoeven and Blumenthal will ensure this to be the case.

I rise to speak about the Native American Children's Safety Act, S. 184. This legislation, which I have introduced along with Senator Tester, is about one thing: making sure that foster children in Native American communities are placed in…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the following bills en bloc: Calendar No. 77, S. 184, and Calendar No. 79, S. 246. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bills by title. The bill clerk read…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment to S. 246 be agreed to, the bills be read a third time and passed en bloc, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no…

I sponsored the Keystone XL pipeline legislation which we passed in the Senate with well more than 60 votes.

Our permitting system in this country is way out of date.

That's the way it should be, and I agree with you, Senator.

The President has vetoed that legislation and held the decision up for six years.

Pipelines are, by far, the safest way, the most efficient way to move a product.

So we can get billions invested, a growing economy, and job creation by giving certainty to industry.

We have heard a lot about that today.

We have to reauthorize the Commodity Exchange Act, and so I guess what I would like to hear from each of you are what are the most important issues we need to deal with in reauthorization and the solutions.