the public is better protected when Ms. Olson is consulted.

Has the agency obtained electronic communications without a warrant, yes or no?

To me, healthier forests are going to equal a healthier economy.

This budget is not consistent with the agency's restoration agenda of harvesting 3 billion board feet a year.

The public has recently learned... that Americans enjoy no general privacy to their online communications that are older than 180 days.

They keep saying there's got to be a way for the agency to be able to implement projects.

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 Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on…

I ask unanimous consent all remaining time on the Jewell nomination be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All time is yielded back.

before she leaves I want to thank Senator Cantwell for all her good work. As northwesterners know, and I hope the rest of the country knows, Senator Cantwell is one of those who understands the opportunity in the great outdoors. I know she…

this afternoon we will take up in the Senate the confirmation of Sally Jewell to head the Department of the Interior. The Department is one of America's biggest landowners and is the second largest source of revenue for the Treasury after…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. There is a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Sarah Jewell…

I ask unanimous consent the order for a quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

today I rise to reintroduce legislation that will authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to share in the cost of the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant for Hermiston, Oregon. This is the same bill that was passed by the House of…

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before Subcommittee on National Parks. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 of the…

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 will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 10 a.m., in…

I do not believe this is a sustainable-- first of all, a solvent program.

the problem with Medicare reform is for every dollar that Americans pay in, they are going to get about $3 out in benefits.

The only reason anybody can claim that is the fiction of the Social Security Trust Fund.

Now we finally got, with Chairman Baucus's support, the Independence at Home model into the Affordable Care Act.

The Board believes that prolonged storage of waste in the Hanford Tank Farms represents a potential threat to public health and safety.

I believe our nation made a mistake when we choose to comingle them in the early 1980s.

As I have stated before it is unacceptable for Hanford to be the de facto repository for the vast majority of the nation's high-level radioactive defense waste.

I feel very strongly that it is time for the government to finally mobilize and take care of the millions and millions of seniors who could be taken care of at home.

I believe our country needs energy that transitions America to a lower carbon economy and is built on 3 pillars: strong economic growth, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and energy innovation.

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday…