This gridlock and this partisan bickering on the energy issue... has got to give way to some problem solving.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on April 10, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing on Identifying Barriers to…

I have been very concerned about the failure to implement the basic health plan by 2014.

If all States implemented this... the Federal Government would save $1.3 billion a year.

I certainly welcome your leadership.

I think the resource efficiency is going to be important for us to try to move this in a, you know, the most timely way.

We can't wait 2 years. That's not acceptable from a public health and public safety standpoint to the people of the Northwest.

I guess I'm asking you, Dr. Moniz, whether you think that this is an issue that we don't know the answers on a scientific basis.

I think what we're trying to convey is the sense of urgency.

Thank you, Dr. O'Laughlin. Thank you so much for your testimony.

I think we have a pretty good handle on where the fish are being caught and where the fish are being landed over a long period of time.

So you're not backing away from it, you're saying you're going to get it done, you're just, you're going to weather the storm, whatever way you can?

But you're not going to back away from groundfish observing?

I am concerned with the start of discussions of Magnuson-Stevens that we don't have a Commerce Secretary that's confirmed.

I'm reminded of what the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, once said, that he was the Secretary of Commerce, but he guaranteed if a Member of Congress was calling him, it was about fish.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you and Senator Rubio for having this hearing, and it gives me a great deal of confidence that fish issues are going to get a great deal of attention knowing your two states.

I certainly appreciate the opportunity to address the Commission.

I do want to ask about unlicensed spectrum.

I don't support your proposed rule.

I was reminded of that quote that Gerald O'Hara says in Gone with the Wind that, land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for because it's the only thing that lasts.

I guarantee you that she understands these Western issues.

It's the kind of leadership that Sally represents that we need most in Washington.

I think this nominee has probably had more experience dealing with Alaska... than anybody we've seen since Alaska Governor Hickel served in this position 40 years ago.

We all know that the Interior Department faces many challenges...

I hope you will agree that Sally Jewell is the right person for this job.