I ask unanimous consent for 1 additional minute to complete my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Hearing none, it is so ordered.

And we know Neil Kornze. We have a good relationship with him.

That's never going to happen. All they're going to do is mine around you, and then the Federal Government is just out the revenue.

You're still running 180 to 270 days for an approval on BLM land verses a few weeks on private.

I appreciate that, and I appreciate working with you on it.

Isn't that exactly the kind of investment in technology that is going to help us get carbon capture and storage or sequestration to a commercially viable point?

I think it would be good for you to take a look at this project.

Both Senator Manchin and Senator Capito pressed you on this issue.

I would like to get to your people the Quest and the Kearl which are Shell and Exxon's projects

I would like to speak on the subject of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Keystone XL approval bill which we passed in the Senate will be voted on this afternoon in the House. I believe the House will pass the bill with a strong bipartisan…

Your visit to our state was much appreciated, and I think was very good, very valuable.

I'm wondering what can you tell me in terms of getting to a new start, so we can do a study and evaluate a permanent project for Minot.

Thank you all for being here today and for the important work that you do.

So if you could get a P3 or maybe even a P4 candidate that, in fact, reduces the Federal share in half, and increases the benefit-cost ratio by more than double, that would make it an attractive candidate for selection by the Corps to…

But you would agree that the tribe has water rights?

We need to. We have been requested to by the tribal chairman.

I would be willing to defer in the order too if my colleague from New Hampshire prefers to go, and I can follow; either way. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I yield to my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.

I ask unanimous consent for another 3 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from New Hampshire.

I thank my colleagues, both from Alabama and from Maine, for coming down to the floor and saying: Let's do the work of the Senate. Let's advance to this Department of Homeland Security bill, let's offer amendments, let's have the debate…

I wish to thank the Senator from the great State of New Hampshire. Debate and amendment. Debate and amendment. That is what we are talking about. We are talking about going to this bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security and…

I wish to take a moment to respond to some of the points made by the Senator from New Hampshire. She indicated defunding provisions, but understand that this relates to Executive action undertaken by the President. The very same…

yesterday I spoke about the importance of voting yes to proceed to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for 2015, H.R. 240. That motion was unsuccessful. Despite all the voices from the other side of the aisle expressing…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Flake). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am pleased to respond to the question of my counterpart on the Subcommittee on Homeland Security in the Senate, and I want to begin by acknowledging and stating again that I enjoy working with her. We have worked together on other…