in response to the Senator's question, absolutely not. It doesn't change any of the authorized purposes for the reservoirs and for the system. This does not impact in any way any of the authorized uses for the mainstem dams, the mainstem…

I wish to thank my colleague from South Dakota and turn to my colleague from North Dakota for any final thoughts before we yield the floor.

with that, I wish to set aside the pending amendment and call up the Hoeven amendment No. 909. I wish to close with a couple other thoughts. Senator Baucus from Montana wanted to join with us in the colloquy, but the timeline didn't work…

the Senator is absolutely right. I wish to thank him for emphasizing that point. It is very important. Again, that is why I encourage any of our colleagues to discuss this issue with us if they have any concerns whatsoever. It is just a…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California. Amendment No. 868

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Without objection, the clerk will report the Hoeven amendment. The assistant bill clerk read as follows…

We want to get them going economically or help them, but we really cannot do it without having the kind of law enforcement.

I inserted that $3.5 million for law enforcement. It is a crying need in our part of the world.

If we can follow the approach that we have taken both with Interior and the White House like our BLM streamlining legislation where we have worked together, that is the kind of approach I am talking about where I think we can do good…

I appreciate your commitment to come to our State.

In the 2013 budget, the Administration did not fund $3.5 million that BIA requested for law enforcement.

I appreciate that. I think you will find there are tremendous things we can do on transparency and everything else if we just work together to have something that is simple and straightforward and empowers States' first approach that would…

I thank the distinguished Senator from South Dakota for joining me, and for his question. Of course, he is anticipating exactly what would happen. The States will initiate litigation against the corps if in fact the corps decides to impose…

I rise to speak in support of the Water Resources Development Act or the WRDA bill that we are considering on the Senate floor. I wanted to begin by thanking leadership on both sides of the aisle for moving this very important legislation…

Dr. Billington, you have testified to the importance of preserving our Nation's priceless manuscripts through a process called de-acidification.

I think we can leverage your resources. We can do much more together even with, you know, the challenges of sequestration.

Should you make some of these reductions, are you going to continue to make that a priority?

Well, you are going to find that we are going to continue to be resource pressed, and so, I am trying to find options and offer opportunities where you can try to leverage your resources.

I have 2 years. The last 2 years, I have worked with our former chairman, Senator Nelson, on the legislative branch.

Anything we can do to help you with that because with sequester, now you are about $8 million, I think.

Would you be willing to commit to me that we can get together and you could give us a final decision one way or the other on that record of decision?

I appreciate it very much. One of the stops that we've got to make is at the Spirit Lake Nation.

One of the things we worked very hard on in the last session was funding for the Capitol dome, which needs to be updated and repaired.

I want to thank you again for the USGS study that came out updating the recoverable oil reserves in North Dakota.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I appreciate it very much.