We have dead zones along Florence, Oregon, clear up into Kalaloch Beach in the State of Washington.

We can uphold the Interior and Commerce Departments' commitments to abide by the terms of Secretarial Order 3206.

Climate change is real and its effects are already being felt in the rivers and streams of the Pacific Northwest.

Our strength in facing the many challenges that exist today will be greater with greater understanding of treaty-protected rights.

I thank you for inviting me to testify today, and I ask that you continue to consider tribal input on climate change.

I would like to start by thanking Chairman Grijalva for calling today's hearing on this very important topic.

We have to start addressing these things, the U.S. Government and our leadership throughout our country.

I think all of us have been looking forward to hearing testimony from some of the experts on the impact of climate change on our public lands and on wildlife, in particular.

It would require, for the first time, because, right now, there is no statutory or regulatory requirement for the Forest Service or BLM to take in the impact of climate change on wildlife populations on our public lands.

Even if we try to make the right decisions and get everything right here at home, if we do not get that buy in from the rest of the world, especially China and India, we may be just tilting at windmills here.

If we can generate revenues and invest it in our companies here at home to create the new energy infrastructure and the jobs of the future, we can have instead of a person going over there building a new coal plant, we could have a person…