I would just note for everyone that the Chair and I have worked hard on this and we still have provisions of the energy bill that we would like to see passed that would double the R&D for this effort in DOE and help us look at a supply…

I rise to join my colleagues here on the Senate floor, and I thank the Senator from Washington for her leadership on this issue. I rise to join my colleagues in voicing strong opposition and deep concern on H.J. Res. 43, a resolution of…

Alaskans are used to goods and services being more expensive than the Lower 48, anywhere from two to ten times more expensive.

Thank you, Chairman Murkowski, for holding this oversight hearing.

One idea Senator Collins and I have put forth is tax incentives, which would be the first ever federally recognized incentive for apprentice.

From the perspective of a variety of other areas, I know we've talked about some of them, obviously, manufacturing, in general, and infrastructure, but, obviously, housing, energy, cybersecurity, aviation--they're all sectors with major…

We need to keep going. We need to give you all the capacity for that and more because this weather aspect is so, so important.

We want to stay very competitive in it.

I do think the center of excellence that we have been establishing at the FAA... has been a very, very helpful tool.

These are very, very important issues to our economy of the future...

I just want to continue to see us make this investment.

Well, I am not sure the arm-wrestling match is off. We might still have to bring it back.

I want us to be the innovators and continue to have a process that allows us to innovate.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator withhold her suggestion regarding the absence of a quorum?

So you need money. So we need money on this?

So you're saying in this new budget, there is support for the $1 billion that the Senate was able to push.

Unfortunately, our House colleagues just did not get the urgency of this.

I think the issue here is that still given this designation, we have Portland on one side, who basically gets to be seen as rural.

Yes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado. Nomination of Neil Gorsuch

We want to know we have your support in that.

Canadians are upping by $200 million their oil response prevention because of the tar sand oil.

I rise to speak in opposition to the resolution which uses the Congressional Review Act process to overturn a Fish and Wildlife Service resolution prohibiting certain inhumane methods of killing bears and wolves within the 16 national…

I always find it interesting when you see these movies, like Black Hat or what-have-you, it's always connected to energy.

Investing in infrastructure is key for maintaining and growing our economy, and this is one of the most basic areas where we can grow jobs.

Today my colleagues and I are sending a letter to the President detailing how devastating the Interior and Forest Service budget would be to infrastructure and the infrastructure jobs that we need.