If the President is serious about reducing carbon emissions, he would support increased American uranium development.

I pledge to do all I can to see to it that we get there soon.

I want to welcome all the witnesses, especially our former colleagues, the current governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, and former governor, Carlos Romero Barcelo.

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The previous administration's position largely rested on constitutional concerns raised by the Department of Justice.

if effort and persistence were all that were necessary to enact a bill, this bill would have become law the first year that Mr. Abercrombie sponsored it.

We need to work together to restore the sovereignty of Native Hawaiians.

If effort and persistence were all that were necessary to enact a bill, this bill would have become law the first year that Mr. Abercrombie sponsored it.

the previous administration's position largely rested on constitutional concerns raised by the Department of Justice.

No new circumstantial or legal evidence has come to light to change my opinion.

People's economic needs must be one of the most important parts of this equation.

I would be in favor of an all-of-the-above approach.

transfer projects, maybe by definition because the O&M has been taken out of direct Federal spending, might be more cost-efficient

water is the lifeblood of central Washington and throughout the West.

Our need for food security and domestic jobs must be included in this debate.

Water is the lifeblood of Central Washington and throughout the West.

Neither this Committee, nor for that matter, Congress should be acting in an arbitrary, unclear and subjective way when considering recognition of a tribe.

There seems to be no clear reason why these groups are not under consideration today, while the Lumbees and the six Virginia tribes are receiving such consideration.

Recognition of a tribe conveys a unique set of benefits, legal immunities, and responsibilities.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing on H.R. 31 and H.R. 1385.

In these difficult times, we need to keep a focus on growing our economy, not imposing additional taxes that will drive up the cost of energy for all Americans.

A delay of this sale would throw obstacles in the way of providing Americans oil and gas that the Energy Information Administration says that the Nation will need well past 2030.

The Secretary's recent actions... show a clear trend against oil and gas development and job creation.

What a cap-and-trade tax means is that the Federal Government is going to purposely increase energy prices.

The development of our OCS resources is critically important to both our energy future and our economic future.