I come to the floor because the American people have just received more horrible news about our economy. The Commerce Department reported this morning that our economy grew at the smallest rate in 3 years. The exact number is 0.1…

That is why I continue to come back time and time again, so I want to thank you for holding this hearing today on my bill, S. 2132.

I urge my colleagues to advance this legislation so it can be signed into law this year and tribes can move forward toward energy self-determination.

We commend Senator Barrasso and the co-sponsors of this bill for introducing this important legislation.

My bill would create demonstration projects to give tribes access to reliable supplies of biomass material from Federal land.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your kind words.

Can you spend a little time explaining why the capacity determination should be eliminated?

Your testimony also noted that your tribe is interested in using biomass to promote on-reservation economic development.

I want to talk a bit about Federal liability.

it seems the President's decision is absurd, to delay the Keystone XL Pipeline. That is not just me saying that. That is the Washington Post, Thursday morning, April 24: ``Keystone XL's absurd delay. President Obama should approve the…

I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ObamaCare

after 38 years with the Wyoming Mining Association, Marion Loomis is retiring. Marion started his career in the early 1970s with the State of Wyoming's Department of Economic Planning and Development as an economic development geologist…

I come to the floor today, as I have repeatedly since the health care law has been passed, with concerns I have and to share some information with the Senate because of my concerns that in order to help some people who did not have…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Health Care

the EPA has 'Greatly underestimated the amount of power production that would be retired due its rules.'

this week President Obama has been holding what appear to be made-for-TV events to talk about the economy. He has been talking about the policies he wants Congress to enact, policies that he says will finally get America's economy going…

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

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Education is a critical factor for success in today's world.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing today.

We call on this Committee to ensure Congress provides a response to their report and work with the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education.

The President, when he was running in 2008, talked about the issue of coal. Under his plan, he said electricity rates wouldn't necessarily skyrocket.

Many of the policies coming out of the EPA's Air and Radiation Office are the cause of the beliefs I am hearing from the people around the State of Wyoming.

Madam Chair, I also ask then to be put into the record my report on studies showing that EPA's rules cost Americans their jobs and their health.