I think one of the issues raised, not about you, but previously, is that other Commissioners were perhaps not as involved in conducting the agenda setting process.

These sites provide good paying jobs for folks in our State and other States where uranium is found.

I complimented her on that.

during Wyoming's State Fair, Senator Enzi and I will have the honor of inducting Gene Hardy into the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame. Wyoming ranchers care for the land because it cares for them and their families. The Hardy Ranch…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Wyoming.

Dr. Johnson, I know you spent time at the IMF as the chief economist there. I'm just curious about the role of economic growth in a time of austerity and how to balance that out and what sort of economic growth potential you see in it.

I want to follow up, as we had been doing from the hearing from last November, and specifically with the implications for the U.S. economy.

America needs a strong Europe, and vice versa.

The problems facing Europe can have a significant and a substantial impact on the United States.

I come to the floor today, as I do week after week--as a doctor who has practiced medicine in Wyoming and taken care of families in Wyoming across our State for a quarter of a century--to give a doctor's second opinion about the health…

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

Just to kind of follow up, I'm looking at, there was a column in The Economist this past week.

Wyoming has experienced an incredible loss. I rise today to remember one of Wyoming's most beloved citizens, Neil McMurry. On Thursday, July 19, 2012, Neil passed away at the age of 88. During his remarkable life, Neil made a profound and…

Money goes in, but rarely does the money come out. Congress uses the funds as slush funds to cover deficit spending.

I frankly do not see the value in creating a new trust fund such as the one contemplated in this bill.

The process that funds these projects lacks transparency and that the bill leaves key terms undefined.

I do not support this bill. I don't think this is the way to fund western water projects.

The bottom line is that some States win under this bill; others simply lose.

It is also true then that the overwhelming amount of the money transferred to the Reclamation Fund over the years--actually more than 50 percent--comes from the mineral activity in just one State, and that State would be Wyoming?

There is no obligation for the Secretary to spend the money.

This language is somewhat confusing. There is no process or method for determining whether or not a transfer would increase the deficit.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. A Second Opinion

never in my life would I expect to see the U.S. Department of Agriculture come out against farming, ranching, agriculture, and its products. I was talking to a radio station this morning in Afton, WY. They were astonished. They had not…

I come to the floor today, as I do week after week since the health care law was passed, to give a doctor's second opinion about the health care law that I believe is bad for patients, bad for the providers, the nurses and the doctors who…

I rise today to honor an accomplished diplomat and distinguished public servant, Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen. On August 6, Bruce will celebrate his 90th birthday. I want to take this momentous occasion to reflect on his contributions and…