The cost of inaction on mining reform has been too great already.

The law that transferred the Valles Caldera to the National Park Service allows these longstanding permits to remain in place.

This project simply does not add up.

As Senator Tester pointed out, we have now reached the point where we have authorized it at that level.

The unemployment rate there is totally unacceptable. It is near 50 percent.

The original idea I think came from a national commission, a blue ribbon panel, an incredible panel headed I think by Lawrence Rockefeller.

I am very pleased that this subcommittee was able to provide an 85 percent increase for Indian school construction and improvements in the 2016 omnibus.

You are doing the right thing, Secretary Jewell, and I want to work with you to enact common-sense reforms.

I'm very pleased that this subcommittee was able to provide an 85 percent increase for Indian school construction and improvements in the 2016 omnibus.

They have made steady progress on economic development in recent years, but they really needed a boost.

Selecting five new schools for priority construction is only the beginning of the investment we need to make in tribal schools.

The Gila River is the crown jewel of the Southwest and one of the last remaining free-flowing rivers in the United States.