Ron Wyden

In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas of the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation…

I very much share your view with respect to the treatment of these fuels.

The subcommittee will come to order.

I respectfully request S 1024 be withdrawn from further consideration as it is currently written.

I am a very strong supporter of hydropower. It's enormously important in our region.

I care very much about the Oregon Caves Monument and expanding the boundary.

So I'm glad you're willing to take on that kind of effort.

I appreciate it. As I indicated, what I like about this concept--this is a chance to do it in the real world.

Would you be willing to be a point person between your office and Interior to speed this up and ensure that both agencies are working together and that, particularly, we look at using the public lands to try to make sure that we strike…

The development of oil and natural gas from shale has the potential to be a real game changer in the U.S. energy market, and there is, of course, tremendous, you know, interest.

I think there are certain circumstances where that authority may exist.

I think this is an extremely important point, and I just want to make that clear.

It's my view that we have to keep operations and methods secret, but we've got to also have public awareness of the laws on the books.

Would you agree that key portions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 have been the subject of significant secret legal interpretations and that those are secret today?

So it is fair to say that key provisions of the PATRIOT Act and how they're legally interpreted are being kept secret as of today.

I ask for the immediate consideration of amendment No. 570, as modified. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendment has been reported. It is now pending.

I wish to publicly thank Senator Ron Wyden for introducing this important piece of legislation

The distinguished majority leader is here. I think we are about to wrap up. I am certainly happy to yield to him if he needs a few minutes to do the business of the Senate, and then Senator Coats and I will wrap up.

The only path toward achieving United States energy security is to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

I'm sure Senator Stabenow is as well. People have different opinions on these kinds of things.

I just wanted to make clear for colleagues that the cap is based on total imports, not net imports.

We want to get away from this picking winners and losers, because this sets the broadest base for the future

This legislation has the support of America's automobile manufacturers, and that there's a reason for it

Energy and transportation experts predict that the long-term race is unlikely to have a single winner.

Let me just spend a couple of minutes with you, Mr. Karr, talking about the legislation, and then I want to get into this question of the offset.