If the State will not forgo taxing on tribal lands, then the tribe cannot economically impose its taxes.

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 expanded sentencing authority for Tribes to allow them to prosecute non-Indian offenders in domestic violence.

The Tribal Law and Order Act increased sentencing authority for Tribes, particularly repeat offenders.

We want to make sure we are taking steps forward for best practices and then scaling it and having an understanding of what it is going to take to scale it.

We must continue to work together to ensure that justice is served in Indian Country.

Obviously we want to see continued progress made and coordination and working together.

Over the last few years, Congress has worked with Tribes to make their communities safer.

the idea that we are sitting here now almost six years after that, those hearings that you mentioned, still talking about putting in place rules to deal with the last line of defense, the failsafe in offshore drilling, is incredibly…

President Obama's Oil Spill Commission made fundamental commonsense recommendations, including Congressional action on improving safety for rigs.

last year the Pacific Northwest, and the Nation lost one of our greatest civil rights heroes with the passing of Billy Frank, Jr. It is clear a great leader has been lost when an entire community shows up to commemorate his life and…

I want to work with you and see what we can do to move forward.

This is something that requires immediate action.

I think the threat that we see coming at us, that these are not the two worst years we are going to see, that the worst is still yet to come.

We have a lot of work to do, and we need to work together to develop real solutions to the wildfire problem.

I thank my colleague from North Dakota for coming to the floor again to talk about the Export-Import Bank and today specifically outlining how this program of credit insurance helps finance the sales of U.S. products in overseas markets…

I am pleased to introduce, by request, the Administration's legislative proposal the National Park Service Centennial Act. The bill authorizes or expands several authorities to assist the National Park Service in managing the over 400…

I thank the Senator from North Dakota for her question because she is right on the pinpoint of what this issue is about. It is really about small businesses that don't have huge capital reserves to set aside money so that they can…

I thank my colleague from North Dakota for her continued leadership on this issue and for pointing out to our colleagues that we really could be just a short step away from reauthorizing a very important business tool for small businesses…

So I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 282, H.R. 597, the Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act, and that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be…

Yes. That's the dollar value of deals for U.S. companies being held up that could be moved forward.

I hope our colleagues realize that the economic activity we could be seeing today could help us in everything we are doing moving forward. While the Senate has passed the Export-Import Bank, it is part of a larger transportation package…

I would like to thank my colleagues for coming to the Senate floor this morning to give an important message to our colleagues--that it is now time to take up the Export-Import Bank issue and pass that legislation today. I thank my…

I thank the Senator from North Dakota for that question because that is the issue. What people don't understand is that there are so many of these deals that--basically there was a U.S. company that wanted to sell its ability to build…

The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation Enforcement has worked hard on this rule for six years to update regulations that really should have been on the books for the last 32 years.

I know that with any debate you have to start with scientific data that is available.