Kristi Noem

Would you agree that reducing the impact to producers should be a priority?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We have had a lot of discussion here today about lack of reporting, unwillingness to report incidents as they happen...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate it.

My concern was that I read this, and I assumed that some of the perpetuators potentially were in these positions too long.

Some of your previous testimony that was given over on the Senate side, it appeared that some of the conversation was trying to get clarification on what the policy really was.

The utilities continuously invest in their infrastructure when they have an, on average, 2.3 customers per mile that they are trying to serve.

They felt as though they were staged, that they were events where the Department of Energy was dictating and delivering information, but not necessarily seeking advice or asking for comments or questions.

They have had a 30 percent increase in their rates that they have had to pass on the last 3 years to their customers that they can directly attribute just to regulations that they are forced to comply with that come from the Federal…

This memo has created a lot of conversation in South Dakota and has a lot of concern.

The NLRB decision from several years ago is an affront to the principle of tribal sovereignty, which is referenced in the Constitution.

I believe that this is one of the glaring examples of the need for certainty and agree with you, President Porter, in--that clarification is needed.

I believe it would also go a long way in continuing to promote economic opportunities and development on tribal lands by eliminating ambiguity that exists in current law.

We urge you to include in your labor reform legislation the provisions of H.R. 2335, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2011.

Resurrecting this tribal territorial sovereignty approach should be the urgent focus of any new labor law reform efforts.

The NLRB's decision in the San Manuel case to override tribal authority is an outrage.

Tribal self-determination has long been the goal of federal Indian policy.

H.R. 2335 will respect Indian nation governments as other governments are respected.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate this hearing. It is timely given it is the second anniversary of the Dodd-Frank and we need to look at these reforms and the related rules and see how they impact people on the ground.

So is that more of an informational-type role that you fulfill with the courts. Are you summoned in a manner?

It is timely given it is the second anniversary of the Dodd-Frank and we need to look at these reforms.

The true threat and the hurt is felt at home by these local and small governments who are bearing the cost of that.

If we are going to have Federal land in this country, then the Federal Government needs to maintain it.

It underlies the importance of this issue that we have people on both sides of the aisle that are looking to find a solution.

Even if you took the $18 million number--I was running some numbers here while I was sitting--it appears to me that what has actually been treated and addressed on Forest Service land is less than 2 percent of the lands that you have…