I think the best thing is for them to come up and sit down with you on the reservation to see what you are doing

if you don't do it, somebody from Texas will come up and do it for you.

We absolutely need to get EPA to work with the Tribe, listen to the Tribe and work with you on this minor source rule and the permitting process.

job creation is job one.

I think it is very important that there be a consultation.

with that, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I rise to introduce bipartisan energy legislation, the Domestic Fuels Act. This legislation is designed to help hard-working Americans with the high fuel prices, the high gas prices they are paying at the pump. This legislation will truly…

I know you and I share a common belief that blender pumps are a good thing, can help give consumers more choice, better pricing, help stimulate renewable fuel, production, and distribution.

But there's a big difference when it's hauled by rail which adds a significantly higher cost to it.

So no amendments will be allowed? Mr. President, I think that is unfortunate. It is time, it is well past time, to take action on behalf of the American people. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.

I do want to emphasize those two programs to you, U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative, also, the Ug99 Barley Stem Rust Research Program, because both saw 30-percent reduction.

Are you willing to encourage that potatoes be included with the WIC supplemental nutrition program?

If we allow more access would that tend to help create more supply? Would that tend to reduce gas prices?

I am here to offer a substitute amendment to the Menendez act, which is currently under consideration on the Senate floor. That is S. 2204. The substitute amendment I would like to offer is legislation I have authored along with Senator…

Crop insurance is going to be more important, in terms of a cost-effective safety net.

I'm on the Agriculture subcommittee as well, and that's not the direction we're going.

We're going to need to emphasize crop insurance.

Clearly, we're not going to have direct payments.

I request an opportunity to speak for up to 10 minutes on the pending energy legislation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Keystone XL Pipeline

I want to thank you for your help on the Water Bank Program, and your folks are working to implement it.

Crop insurance is a partnership between the Government and farmers.

There's also the issue of Canada being the--having the third largest oil reserves in the country.

I thank Senator Johanns. It is good to be with him. Also, to Senator Lamar Alexander from the great State of Tennessee, it is great to be with him as well. We share, I guess, the common experience of serving as Governors and certainly…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

How would you work with the industry to increase development on Federal lands, public lands, deploy new technologies?