So in the dark of night--I think that is the part where the States are going to be told: You are just going to have to build a dam. That is it. We decided. Then everybody calls us and says: Wait a minute, wait a minute, I don't want to dam…

The Senator is correct. It was December and the same kind of scenario. Basically, jamming something onto a must-pass bill was a way that somebody thought this body would just roll over. In the end we didn't. We sent it back to the House…

I thank you for your steadfast leadership in the Senate. As to the fact that you are retiring, you are certainly going to be missed. I am sure you would like to have legislation on the water resources pass. I think you brought up a very…

I have a question for the Senator from California because some of our colleagues that were here--my understanding is if you can get water from Northern California by just agreeing to kill fish and not meeting those obligations, then…

So it was a movie about the fight between Southern and Northern California about who gets water, and then people found out that there was so much corruption behind the deal that basically people were trying to do a fast one. So the…

Yes, and Faye Dunaway. So Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway did a movie a long time ago about the water wars in California; am I correct?

On that point, in the process for discussing these water agreements, the Senator from California is saying they don't belong in her committee, and they have been controversial over a long period of time, and the best way to do this is not…

I wish to address the 21st Century Cures Act legislation, which the Senate passed yesterday with my support. I voted for this bill and support many of its provisions. However, I also have some serious concerns regarding the manner in which…

as my two colleagues from Indiana leave--again, congratulations on their bicentennial. There are many great Hoosiers who have made their way to the State of Washington. One was a most beloved Mariner broadcaster named Dave Niehaus, who was…

today marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was during that fateful event that more than 2,400 American lives were lost and another 1,100 were wounded. While that day took a tragic toll, heroes were made of…

I come to the floor to join my colleagues who have already spoken on this issue, but maybe to give a little bit more of a historical context. I know my colleagues from a variety of States throughout the United States have presented a…

We would absolutely enforce in the area.

This is about empowering consumers through your organization and through attorneys general.

I think it's very important that we protect consumers and that we're going to use the power of the Federal Government to help on these cases.

This bill is about two things: clean water and keeping an amazing place the way it is.

No one wants to put that investment at risk.

So you do not think it would be consistent while you are going through that process to approve anything that would be counter to that?

I believe this is an important step, and I hope we can coordinate with you and the Forest Service and the staff in the region to work on this particular area.

More than a million tourists come to the Valley every year and contribute $150 million to the local economy.

I am proud to have worked with Senator Murray to protect the headwaters of the Methow Valley.

I know that conference is a place where many people come to discuss the future of energy policy, and Nevada has definitely been at the forefront of some of these policies.

I'm very glad that the FCC stood up and decided to protect the Internet with the net neutrality rules.

Thank you for your long advocacy about land into trust as an economic development tool for Tribes.

We need to work together to find solutions that benefit all of us.

I do want to ask since you are looking at this from our national lab perspective.