"They were?"
"Thank you, Madam Chairman. I want to thank all of you for being here."
"This is an incredibly important project, as I have stated."
"This brings me to the proposed Native American Child Safety Act currently introduced by Senators Hoeven and Tester and co-sponsored by Senators Barrasso and Heitkamp."
"This legislation is about making sure foster homes are safe, not only on our reservations in North Dakota, but across the Country."
"The proposed legislation would, among other things, expand background check requirements for all adults residing in prospective foster care homes."
"I would like to thank you for holding this hearing."
"I have had serious concerns about new Federal regulations of hydraulic fracturing on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands."
"On the 26th of March, the Ninth Circuit upheld the roadless rule exemption for the Tongass."
"Let me switch for just a minute to the subject that you were in our State to work on, the CO2 rules."
"How are you going to assure us that private property rights are going to be protected?"