There should be no flexibility.

I wish to start with my support of the comments of the Senator from Oregon. We need to get a highway bill done this week, and I look forward to working with him, particularly on a long-term plan with some of the concepts he has put…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from North Dakota. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed for the next 30 minutes to engage in a colloquy between myself, Senator McCain, and Senator Barrasso. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Hoeven, Mr…

I would respond briefly to the Senator from Arizona and then turn to the Senator from Wyoming on that issue as well for more detail on the legislation. He has tremendous expertise in this area and has been working on it for a long time…

I turn to the good Senator from Arizona for any final comments. Seeing that he doesn't have any, I thank him. I also thank the good Senator from Wyoming and ask if there are any final comments he might have on the legislation. He has been…

Oh, boy. To convert it, it is billions, right, it is in the billions of dollars. I don't have the exact number, but it is a huge amount. It is $1.5 million a day in my State alone so the Senator can see we are talking billions of dollars…

I thank the Senator from Arizona for his comments, his leadership, and for his willingness to work on this vitally important issue. In terms of responding to his question: OK. What needs to happen--I wish to take a minute to give an…

We are here today to talk about energy--energy for our country but also energy for our allies. This is a discussion not just about energy, it is about jobs, good-paying jobs. It is also about economic growth. It is about generating tax…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

I am pleased to join my colleagues in a very important discussion with regard to the waters of the United States and the proposed rule by the EPA. The good Senator from Missouri, I, a Senator from Wyoming and--as has been already said on…

I ask unanimous consent that we be allowed until 10:28 a.m. for the purposes of the colloquy. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Senator from Wyoming for his leadership on this important issue and pick up on a point he just expressed: Why are we not demanding in this body that we vote on legislation to address this proposed regulation? As he said so…

I would like to thank, again, the Senator from Kansas. He is somebody who has been involved in agriculture for-- well, he is still a very young man--he is somebody who has been involved in agriculture for a long time and certainly…

I am pleased to be here this morning with the distinguished Senator from South Dakota, as well as the esteemed Senators from both Kansas and Wyoming, to talk about this regulation that is clearly an overreach by the EPA. It needs to be…

that is our point. We understand that people bring different points of view to this deliberative body, but the point is this: This is an important issue that affects virtually all Americans, that affects our economy, that affects our…

My question to you is, very simply, first, EPA, in order to provide exemptions, has to maintain that they have jurisdiction in all these areas. That is the very point I am making to the point made by the Senator from Maryland. EPA is now…

I thank the Senator from Maryland and the Senator from Rhode Island for coming to the floor and making exactly the type of point I am making. Thank you for being here. This is the debate we should have, and it should be vigorous, as it is…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 additional minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I ask unanimous consent to call up Calendar No. 371, S. 2280, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; that there will be up to 4 hours of debate and that the Senate then proceed to vote on passage. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

I thank the esteemed Senator from Wyoming not only for being here today to talk about this important issue but for his tremendous leadership on energy issues. Wyoming produces an incredible amount of energy for this country, and the…

I think you--the best thing to do would be, as I said in my testimony, to deem all LNG exports to be in the public interest, to send a signal to Russia that we are going to compete.

I rise to speak today on behalf of our veterans. I am here to speak about both challenge and opportunity. The challenge is the problems we face with our Veterans' Administration, which is that we are not getting the care for our veterans…

I am committed as Chair of this committee to keep Louisiana in the driver's seat to redesign the next big pillars of energy policy for our Nation for the next 20, 30 and 40 years.

I rise to speak with regard to ObamaCare. The good Senator from Wyoming made compelling points, as did the Senator from Indiana before him. What I would like to do is to start for a minute by reading from some letters I have received from…