the Update Report on the NPS 1979 New Area Study, completed by NPS in December of 2009 at the request of Senators Bingaman and Tom Udall

Your leadership on this issue and this legislation will ensure that the United States controls its own destiny with radioisotope production.

I think we all agreed that such discussion would benefit from a better understanding of the facts involved.

It is our hope in this hearing to move away from rhetoric and to focus on the facts surrounding offshore oil and gas production and its impact on the environment.

It's my hope that as part of this hearing we can focus on the facts surrounding offshore oil and gas production and its impact on the environment.

Policy suggestions were made by Senator Dorgan and others about ways of addressing environmental concerns in this area.

I think we have a great history in our country of young people doing good work on our public lands.

I think it is very important that we strengthen that legislation.

I think this shift away from Federal protection and oversight is problematic in the area of hazardous fuels reduction.

S. 1442 would expand the opportunities for young men and women to become involved in work projects on public lands.

DTNA appreciates Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski for holding an important hearing on the role of natural gas in mitigating climate change.

S. 1759 and H.R. 3750 would interfere with fulfillment of a long-deferred federal trust responsibility owed to the Hoopa Valley Tribe.