So, for planning a budgetary certainty, would you prefer, and I would ask Director Omishakin first and then Director Panos, would you prefer guaranteed an increased funding, or would you rather gamble with the application process for a DOT…

I am pleased to have joined my Republican colleagues on the floor today. I associate myself with all of their comments, especially the speech just delivered by my friend from Wyoming, and demonstrate my strong support for a significant…

Let us look for real solutions to the climate crisis, regardless of what people might believe about it.

It is called the 'Revive Economic Growth and Reclaim Orphaned Wells Act of 2021', and the reason this is good for rural economies...

12 days ago, on April 3, we brought sad news of the passing of Douglas Burtell, of Bowman, ND, the last known World War II veteran residing in my State from the legendary 164th Infantry Regiment of the North Dakota National Guard. Tomorrow…

There is nothing, no tax hardly more regressive than the gas tax itself.

I remain committed to principle while having an open mind to the policies that will get us where we need to get.

I think we ought to go big. I really do. I want to aim high.

One of my top priorities in the last Congress was the implementation of hyperbaric oxygen therapies for veterans.

Governor DeSantis knows far better than anybody in Washington, D.C., whether Florida is ready to be open, and I trust his judgment.

I worry that a historically bipartisan agency such as the SEC might move away from its mission that is supposed to protect investors, maintain fair and orderly efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation, and instead act to reshape…

I am concerned that what is really under discussion today is really not an effort to protect the financial system from climate risks but, rather, to establish conditions by which certain businesses deemed politically unfavorable can be…

She argued the SEC should force companies to disclose any type of political advocacy spending because firms may, and I quote, 'state that they support climate-friendly initiatives but have donated substantial sums to candidates with…

I have warned that many on the left want the SEC to use its regulatory powers to advance a progressive social agenda, including on climate change.

Operation Choke Point was deeply corrosive to the rule of law and our constitutional institutions.

The Fed should not become a climate soothsayer any more than they should start regulating based on the risk of domestic instability, widespread famine, or other black swan events.

I think you end up maybe hurting in the long run if you try to bring the Federal Government in as someone that tries to moderate the situation.

I am perplexed by this administration’s desire to keep this pandemic going.

I don't want to leave anything off of the table as a solution.

I have been a strong proponent of nuclear, and I just want to associate myself with everything that Senator Cardin said.

there is not a better fuel in the world than nuclear for accomplishing the goals that you want to accomplish.

I think we are not that far away from actually having even fossil energy being largely, if not completely, carbon-free.

Should you be confirmed, can you commit that the White House will not interfere with the timely progression of the results of the EIS?

Winter is an annual event, it is not a vortex. We don't shut the lights off because it is cold.

I would hope that at the end of all that good science and discussion with my folk we can keep the Dakota Access Pipeline operating, lest we become dependent on other nations again.