I thank the Presiding Officer and will yield the floor. I know Senators Bennet and Isakson are here. They are both great leaders when it comes to clean energy and working on this legislation. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

Uranium mining has a tragic legacy, and it's our responsibility to prevent more deaths.

first I wish to thank and congratulate Chairman Lisa Murkowski and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell for all their hard work and leadership on this Energy bill. They have done a very good job of getting this bill to the floor, and we now find…

Thank you so much, Chairman Murkowski.

I want reimbursements for New Mexico taxpayers and for the Navajo, long-term water monitoring, and a promise that the Gold King Mine, the source of this pollution, will be cleaned up.

I think it is important that we all work together to get to the meat of what is going on here that there has been a disaster and it has had a big impact.

I agree that someone senior from the EPA needs to attend this hearing.

I would like her to go back and help us improve on the recovery progress.

I think it is very important that both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman work together and work through these issues.

This is really a straightforward bill. It would allow Cochiti Pueblo to acquire State trust lands adjacent to the Pueblo and restore its ancestral homelands.

The bill so amends the Cochiti Wetfields Settlement Agreement to authorize the transfer, operation and maintenance responsibilities for the Cochiti Dam Drainage System from the Federal Government to the Pueblo.

I think it's important we move forward, so we make sure that we have a good, long-term relationship between the Air Force and the White Sand's National Monument.