We owe it to them to see that disasters like this never happen again.

This amendment has a straightforward goal. It is to protect the existing legal structures that ensure that electricity and natural gas rates consumers pay will continue to be just and reasonable and free from manipulation.

We're seeing an increased demand for a finite existing supply of water, and how we manage that supply is a very important question for all of us today.

last month our country lost a great American with the passing of Stewart Udall, who, among his many achievements, is probably best remembered for his accomplishments as Secretary of the Interior during the Presidencies of President Kennedy…

I wish to speak for a moment about Earth Day. This is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day--the 40th Earth Day, in fact, the 22nd of April. I am speaking now because of my great admiration for the work of Senator Gaylord Nelson in…

I thank my colleague, Senator Udall, for his very eloquent statement. Obviously, the Udall family has a great deal of which to be proud: his father's great public service, his uncle's great public service, and, of course, he is carrying on…

S. 2830 is an important bill that I have introduced and that Senator Udall is co-sponsoring with me.

I support it. It is a bill that would ensure States could use abandoned mine land payments for both coal and non-coal reclamation.

Beginning to untangle fire suppression costs from the rest of the USFS budget is a critical step to let USFS focus resources on forest health.

Your leadership is critical to the preservation of this First Colony site.

I am disappointed that the Interior Department currently limits these funds to coal reclamation.

This legislation holds historic significance not only to Japanese Americans, Californians, but for Americans nationwide.