I want to thank Senator Johnson, because as Chairman of this Committee, he has tried to push these regulatory issues where we can find common ground.

I call up my amendment No. 3210 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Lankford] proposes an amendment…

there are a lot of good things in this bill that we are discussing. There are a lot of good amendments that have been brought to the floor. There has been an awful lot of conversation over the past year about a program called the Land and…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Daines). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3210 to Amendment No. 2953

I believe that the Legislative Branch is the thumping heart of our constitutional system and it is increasingly becoming irrelevant.

My fear is that while we can reverse this trend, we are fast approaching a certain constitutional failsafe line where the administrative state will become a fixed and unassailable reality of American government.

in February of this year, Justice Scalia passed away. It was an enormous loss to the Nation. In the hours and the days following that, Republicans in the Senate had the opportunity to talk about their constitutional responsibility-- the…

The WOTUS rule has resulted in such uncertainty that 30 States and many stakeholders have filed lawsuits.

EPA turned itself into a national zoning board.

Had EPA followed Congress' direction, it would have learned that the States, not EPA, implement 96 percent of EPA's delegated programs.

Counties that build and maintain almost half the roads in the United States... are going to need a permit.

it is a very straightforward Land and Water Conservation Fund amendment. We have common agreement on the Land and Water Conservation Fund--what it does, what it funds, how it is funded. Where we have some dispute is in whether we are we…

The EPA itself, I think, has said that the average cost is going to be $155,000 to alter a ditch on someone's property.

as I traveled all over Oklahoma during the State work weeks in March, I heard the concerns over and over from families in my State about terrorism. I talked with a gentleman in Coalgate, OK, who absolutely could not understand how the…

This Administration has failed to present a comprehensive strategy in a number of areas--whether it is defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or countering the use of social media.

I am concerned that we spend a tremendous amount of time talking about decriminalizing marijuana.

Do you have any concern at all, for you, that SEC is headed toward and being directed by Congress, by the way, or by an outside entity, toward a more political position, rather than being a fair-minded arbitrator in some things to be able…

Every member of the Oklahoma delegation, as you might know, wrote to the FCC on March 25 and said, look, don't do this, because we are the vanguard when it comes to policing waste, fraud, and abuse in the system.

I ask unanimous consent that Deanna Mitchell, a National Park Service detailee in the office of Senator Murkowski, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this calendar year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Simply put, Chevron deference is a blank check for the Executive Branch to exercise its own brand of legislative authority with little or no accountability.

It follows, I would submit to you, that the courts must retain the sole authority to issue binding interpretations of law.

The investments have been made.

Clearly the Congress' responsibility.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses, their ideas to address this issue in a way that respects congressional intent and upholds judicial independence.

I believe that these doctrines of deference are at war with the Constitution's separation of powers.