"I would urge the committee to be very cautious about adding additional requirements to this legislation."
"I believe that the legislation which Senator Bingaman has introduced addresses that issue in part with the kinds of financial sureties that have to be provided for mining operations."
"So you believe that as part of royalty reform there should be more openness and more transparency so that the public can actually see how these decisions are made."
"They ought to have to pay their fair share."
"In my view, after decades of taxpayer rip-offs and environmental destruction, it is long past time to reform the 1872 Mining Law."
"the Secretary's letter to Senator Wyden on July 13, 2009, highlights the need for the Administration to conduct formal Government to Government consultation"
"I thank my colleague. Let me join Senator Murkowski in thanking the three of you."
"It's an opportunity to create good paying jobs that take this wood waste and get it to the mills."
"I very much appreciate your outstanding background and long history of public service."
"They need an answer, quickly. That's why we asked for a fast response from the administration."
"I still have an obligation as a United States Senator to get some kind of sense of what's going to be done to go in there and as I told Secretary Salazar to drain the swamp."