I rise today in support of the 2013 Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA. I agree with my colleagues who believe that moving forward with a bipartisan WRDA bill is important for our communities. As the ranking member of the…

The people of the State of Montana will be losing a great advocate when he retires.

We need to ensure that the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act is passed to protect our water resources.

What do you think needs to be done to address the concerns you have regarding the non-Indian stakeholders who might be affected by these proposed transfers?

There were a lot of big promises and plans back then and they all stopped as a result of the Depression, difficult fiscal times, as you say.

His service will certainly be missed.

I want to thank him on the record for all the work he has done in terms of Indian country.

following the leader's comments about the health care law, I found it interesting this morning to pick up the New York Times and see the headline above the fold, on the front page: ``New Worries for Democrats on Health Law.'' In the very…

Addressing that problem, to me, seems to be a good feature of this bill.

I think it is a great concern for, certainly, people in my home State, and so, I appreciate the questions as well as the answer.

this treaty is an arms--just what it says, it is an Arms Trade Treaty. It is for regulation of the trade of armaments on the international market.

I think they are sufficient, and I think they are effective.

I think there has been a lot more discussion about it than there has actually been multiple compacts to the same location.

It is important that each of you provide strong stewardship over American taxpayer dollars, demonstrate professionalism and good judgment, and vigorously work to advance the priorities of the United States.

I have introduced legislation enabling the United States to use its newfound abundance of natural gas to help our NATO allies diversify their energy imports in order to break Russian dominance over them through its control of their natural…

I think the jury is out and we are going to have to do some more testing on that to ensure that it is as rigorous as it is being advertised to be.

Thank you so much, Chairman Markey. Thank you for your leadership in organizing this nominating hearing.

I look forward to working closely together with you on the critical issues within the jurisdiction of our subcommittee.

the treaty opens the door, I believe, to a U.N. gun registry on law-abiding U.S. citizens.

The American people have lingering questions about what happened on September 11, 2012, and why the State Department failed to protect our brave Americans in Benghazi.

I think that is their job. My job is to ensure they are doing it effective and efficiency.

Our nations work closely together on issues impacting our shared interests, our shared values.

I do not want to quiz you on the specifics of the budget, but I would ask, do you support transparency of U.S. funding?

the United States, in dealing with this body in any future engagement on the Arms Trade Treaty, would never, again, allow anything in that treaty to interfere with American law or American practice.

This ambassadorship to Japan is a very important position.