I'm very concerned about relaxing the ownership rules and having a consolidation of voices.

I hope that you will look at that issue the same way you're looking at this Internet issue.

I wanted to ask you if you will uphold the Power Act as it is written, including just and reasonable rates and its anti-manipulation authority that was given to the Commission?

I think every Secretary and every person that comes in looks at the amount of money that we're spending on cleanup always suggests something that they think will be a short cut.

As you know, Grand Coulee Dam in the State of Washington is one of our Nation's most important hydroelectric resources.

I thank the Committee and Senator Udall for your leadership on keeping these water settlements moving forward so that they will be successful.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on September 10, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a business meeting to authorize…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on September 10, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a legislative hearing to receive…

In order for tribes to thrive as governments, they need an adequate land base to provide for their members.

I am all for clean energy solutions in China. In fact, I think we should have a zero tariff on all clean energy products around the globe because, if we did, they would all be cheaper for everybody to implement.

This bill is a good example of how effectively governments can work together in ways that are beneficial to the entire community.

We must ensure that the needs of our Native American communities are met.

But I really appreciate you and Senator Murkowski's leadership on a bipartisan effort.

To me, it's unacceptable to our State, my constituents, to think that Hanford is just going to end up being that repository for that vast amount of high level Defense waste.

So first, I guess my question is do you think our Nation should have an explicit plan on dealing with the Defense waste?

I do have an important piece of legislation that's on the agenda.

I can't imagine that Congress really intended to remove or destroy these kinds of historic hiking attractions.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding this hearing and trying to get a bipartisan approach on this with the Ranking Member, Senator Murkowski.

So I hope that we will track, as a committee, these gateway communities, the local economic impact as well, of what sequestration is doing.

I keep thinking, What's the economic impact of this going to be? Because we don't get a budget deal.

Do I think we should stop creating national parks because somebody thinks the maintenance backlog? No.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on July 31, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a legislative hearing to receive…

I look at this as an immediate impact that my constituents are feeling and our economy is feeling because of the sequester.

A land acquisition on the Carbon River basically allowed us to expand Mount Rainier.

I want to just point out, last time I visited the Grand Teton, I was so surprised walking down the street how little English in heard being spoken.