Regulatory reform should not be a partisan issue. It should be a conversation about how we actually deal with actual business and operations.

Chevron Deference I think is one of those areas that has grown up and is now out of control in many ways.

I think it is 2 years. I am just trying to figure out if it was a 2-year time period for them to be able to actually work through the process.

we have this crazy belief that the government still is of the people, by the people, and for the people.

My hope is that is now where we are going, that we are just like it was a dirty river before, it is still a dirty river, we are moving.

As Senator Lankford said, despite enjoying bipartisan support from Presidents of both parties for the last 30 years, these procedures have not been codified in statute.

I would like to take a moment and recap the day and some of the issues I heard on the floor. I have been on the floor quite a bit today and heard a lot of the debate. As I processed through some of the debate, I heard--and we will see if…

in the days ahead, we are facing one of the most consequential issues we will face as a nation--this issue of an agreement with Iran. Some people want to make this into a partisan conversation. It is not a partisan conversation. It is a…

I come from an energy State--Oklahoma. We truly do all of the above. We have coal, oil, gas, wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and we are just missing nuclear. Quite frankly, we probably would have nuclear if the regulations weren't so…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Energy Policy

this ongoing conversation has happened. I would like to be able to demonstrate what we are really up against and what this really looks like in practical terms. I brought a chart with me here for when we talk about women's health because…

Let's do that then. I have a unanimous consent for an ongoing colloquy, and I would be pleased to have the Senator join this conversation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

I would advise my colleague from California I have a unanimous consent request under rule XXII. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call under rule XXII be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

I would first like to enter into a colloquy with Senator Daines. This is an issue which many of us here in this body feel extremely passionate about. We will talk about Planned Parenthood and what is going on and the basic issue of…

I wish to be able to continue this conversation because it is extremely important that we continue this as a nation. I wish to make a couple of comments to you as well. I am a dad with two daughters. I had something to do with the birth as…

Could we just swap and go straight to the Senator now? Would that be appropriate?

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to have a colloquy with several Members on the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I do not want to just lose as many. I want to win.

Mr. Pyott, let me continue on that same line on the intellectual property issue.

I like to win. Right now we are losing because we are at this rate that is noncompetitive.

Which we are already in.

If we get a rate down to 25 percent, which has been discussed, or whatever that may be for a corporate rate, that does not really solve the problem, it does not seem like.

What can we do as a Nation to encourage R&D to be here beyond just the rate itself?

Can I ask the rest of the panel, do any of you believe that if marijuana was decriminalized on the reservation... that would help the drug use problem?

I think it is us turning a blind eye to our responsibility to say, decriminalizing it is no big deal, it is 'just marijuana.'