my colleague has said I could proceed for a few more minutes. Let me just----

I thank the Chair. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the…

since this is the 2-year anniversary of the passage of the health care reform law, the affordable care act, and since the Supreme Court, of course, is meeting across the street hearing various arguments attacking the legislation--they…

I write in strong support of the nomination of Chairman Tony Clark from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to be a Commissioner to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (``FERC'').

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in…

S. 303 is an important bill for small miners with federal mining claims.

the Montana Wilderness Association strongly and enthusiastically supports the Heritage Act.

I rise today in tribute to Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who has just become the longest serving woman in Congress, and to applaud the pioneering role that she has played in the evolution of the Senate. Things have certainly…

I also want to express my deep gratitude to Senator Baucus for sponsoring the Heritage Act.

We need to continue to move this legislation forward.

We strongly urge the Senate's Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to reject S.1129

the Rogue River legislation which I have authored with colleagues to expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area by 60,000 acres.