As chairman, I am committed to following in the footsteps of my predecessors, three of whom still serve on this Committee: Senator McCain, Senator Cantwell and Vice Chairman Tester.

This bill will streamline secretarial approval of energy development transactions on Indian lands and give tribes more autonomy over developing our own energy resources.

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I would like to remind everybody these are supposed to be 10-minute rollcall…

yesterday I introduced the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015. In recent years, the Committee on Indian Affairs has received concerns from Indian tribes and the energy industry that the Federal…

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 18, as Modified The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No…

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 99 The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 99, offered by…

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 126, as Modified The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 126…

last night the President delivered the State of the Union Address. So it was interesting to hear the acting minority leader talking about homeland security, budgeting for homeland security. I know the Presiding Officer, through his service…

We needed to get to the bottom of this complexity and the delays.

A number of us have just come back from Saudi Arabia, from Qatar, from Israel, have visited with members of the Free Syrian Army.

if I have to choose between them and the Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu, I am going to stand with the Prime Minister of Israel.

What we have heard from the commanders on the ground of the Free Syrian Army is that when the sanctions were relieved in the past, money went into Iran, which then immediately went to help finance efforts with Assad in Syria.

Well, time will judge us on all of that, but just coming from Ukraine and seeing what is happening as well from Estonia, and Latvia, and Lithuania, I can see the belligerence and the aggression of Russia, and I see it in this agreement.

Iran is a state sponsor of terror, continuing to threaten Israel.

If Iran has a nuclear weapon, that will happen.

I think what we are hearing here is that Congress believes the administration needs a stronger backbone in legislation to allow you to accomplish the goal that you have to delay and deter.

I just want to remind the Department of the Interior that when we send out invitations to testify, they are non-transferable.

I think it is important for us to take into consideration the high possibility that this does not succeed.

Congress needs to pass this bill this year so the tribes may begin energy development without these continued delays.

I think that the administration is not doing all that it can.

First let me thank and congratulate the Senator from North Dakota for his dogged determination in fighting for these American jobs and for energy security for our country. I am so grateful for his hard work. He has really been tenacious in…

Dr. Carmona writes: His partisanship and lack of qualifications for the job of Surgeon General gives this nomination the scent of political patronage. That is from a Democrat who actually served as Surgeon General and knows what it takes…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll.

earlier today the former Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, said there was a way to fix ObamaCare. She said: Change the name. She said: Change the name. That was her solution. Now that is not something she just told…

If we make a mistake and over regulate a needed chemical needlessly for political reasons, we could have a negative impact on mining, farming and other commercial operations around the Country.