I wish to thank the Senator from Wyoming for his diligence and for his work. This is a bipartisan issue. We have legislation now with 57 supporters that is pending before this body. In fact, we have passed this legislation. We actually had…

I thank the good Senator from Georgia. I understand that our time has expired. I ask unanimous consent for 1 minute to wrap up this colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

That is absolutely correct. We have the dates of the approval of five different environmental impact statements right here, all finding no significant environmental impact.

So I ask my friend from Oklahoma to talk for a minute about the technology and what that means for the future of this country and energy security.

I rise today to present the North American Energy Infrastructure Act. It is a bipartisan piece of legislation that I think is very important to helping our country build the infrastructure we need to truly become energy independent or…

I appreciate the comments of my esteemed colleague from Texas, and I want to share my agreement with the important points he made so well. (The remarks of Mr. Hoeven pertaining to the introduction of S. 2823 are printed in today's Record…

I ask unanimous consent for 10 minutes or as much time as I might need to discuss an important energy issue. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Your commitment to work with us is much appreciated and we look forward to it.

We need housing, and we particularly need housing in the energy patch in the West.

We need it for coal and for oil and gas and for other commodities as well.

We need--not only do we need to continue to be proactive until we get that, but so does the STB.

BNSF has put forward a very substantial resource plan to address the need.

We've been pretty aggressive on this issue, and BNSF has responded and they have given us a very detailed plan.

We're the fastest growing state in the country and the railroads need to bring the resources.

The railroads need to bring more resources to meet the needs in North Dakota.

We need markets. It creates jobs. It creates economic activity and we have bills that we're not able to advance.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Order of Business Under the previous order, the time until 4:30 p.m. will be controlled by the…

In this Administration who leads energy policy, the Department of Energy or the EPA?

we're in the 6th year of trying to get a permit, trying to get a decision on a pipeline that would bring oil from Canada.

the nuclear industry is under a serious challenge right now.

So that's why I go back to this issue. If you're going to truly have an all of the above energy policy, you've got to be an enabler.

To say all of the above promotes some and prevent others is not all of the above.

Thank you, Mr. President. I come to the floor to offer a compromise on the LNG export issue. I will put up my first chart. I think this is both a solution and a compromise to LNG exporting. The reality is we need to be able to construct…

This Committee is working on reauthorization of the Healthy School Lunch Program. We all want our kids to be healthy and have nutritious meals, but there is a disagreement on the flexibility that is needed for the school lunch program.

Should we have that flexibility or not in the program?