Without land, a tribe cannot properly grow its economy, retain its cultural or religious heritage, or protect the interests of its members.

I am especially interested in going back to the skills at bringing people together.

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public of an addition to a previously announced hearing before Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The…

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a business meeting has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The business meeting will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2013, at…

We join our Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake in support of this important legislation and respectfully ask for your support.

I strongly support Dr. Croley's nomination and confirmation as well as our other 2 nominees.

My message to the Department is speed it up because we are very interested in getting this issue resolved.

At what point in time do you believe that the NERA study is going to be out of date and not an adequate basis for making judgments about export permits?

I think you're probably aware that last week the entire Northwest delegation, 23 members, Senators and House members, sent a letter to you all, to Dr. Moniz, trying to make it clear that we feel very strongly that this problem of…

I recommend her swift confirmation so the next, promising chapter in territorial-Federal relations can begin.

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a business meeting has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This business meeting will be held on Thursday, November 14…

The Medicare prescription drug program has been a godsend to millions of seniors by offering life-saving medicine, and it has cost 30 percent less than the Congressional Budget Office had predicted.

Madam Secretary, at community meetings at home, Oregonians tell me to do everything I can to stop what they see as ridiculous, petty bickering here in Washington and help get results by working cooperatively.

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. in…

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing was previously scheduled for Thursday, October 10, 2013…

our national security depends upon minerals that enable nearly all of the defense and weapons systems used by the U.S. Armed Forces. These minerals are also critical to the clean energy, electronics, and medical industries. Yet, for how…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Yes, the House Members who said they would vote for it, it sure looks as though the votes are there. And if they are trying to break the gridlock, why not try? So I hope that kind of thinking will set in here in the next few hours because…

I thank my colleague, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

It is. And what I was struck by over the weekend with respect to those comments is, why not at least try that? If we add up all the Members on both sides of the aisle who said they would vote, for whatever----

It was there for the doing. I remember coming to the floor and asking unanimous consent to go to conference. I knew there had been some conferencing. But there was an immediate objection. At that time I pointed out that Republican and…

It is. And I am sure the Senator was involved in this as well, where, after all these years about hearing that the Senate hadn't passed a budget, we stayed up one night until the wee hours and passed a budget. We had scores of votes. Then…

Again, the Senator is right, because in Alaska, like Oregon, there is an extraordinary level of Federal ownership. In my State the Federal Government owns more than half of the land. The Senator is absolutely correct. With the shutdown…

I say to the Senator, we know for certain that 10,000 individuals have been furloughed at the Bureau of Land Management. And I tried to describe particularly getting these new permits. I guess if we are already out there with…

before he leaves the floor, I want to thank the Senator from Illinois for his kind words, and I certainly support the appointments, and I am glad we were able to get that legislation passed on a bipartisan basis to help American industry…