I believe there is going to be bipartisan support. We see bipartisan support in the House. I would like to see bipartisan support in the Senate. When you look at what fundamentally this board does, they make recommendations, and it is…

I thank the Senator for the efforts on his part to repeal this terrible idea that was a fundamental part of the President's proposal. It is one reason I think the health care law is even more unpopular today than the day it was passed and…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business and engage in a colloquy with my colleagues for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. A Second Opinion

My experience is exactly what the Senator describes. He said the words ``the illusion of coverage.'' When the President talked about the health care law, so often he wasn't actually talking about care; he was using the word ``coverage,''…

I think the two key words I heard the Senator from Texas say are ``choice'' and ``competition'' because those things put the patient at the center. It is patient-centered care, not government- centered care, not insurance company-centered…

I come to the floor, as I do week after week, as a physician who has practiced medicine in Wyoming for almost one-quarter of a century to give a doctor's second opinion about the health care law, a law that I believe is bad for patients…

I will tell you it's unacceptable.

I come to the floor to talk about something that is on the minds of people in my home State of Wyoming and people across the country, the high cost of gasoline. When I filled up on Sunday evening in Wyoming and on Monday morning on the way…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Gas Prices

I ask unanimous consent that the quorum calm be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. A Second Opinion

I come to the floor today as I do week after week to talk about the health care law and offer a doctor's second opinion about this health care law. I do that as someone who has practiced medicine in Wyoming, taking care of families across…

I come to the floor as someone who sat through the President's State of the Union and I have just come from a Senate Energy Committee hearing. I sat through the State of the Union near the Secretary of Energy and was happy when I heard…

It would have seemed to make more sense had the EPA come out with an application process, a way to fulfill the requirement, so that Tribes wanting to obey the law could have done it, could have done it right and then gotten back and…

It seems to me it is fair to say that the Keystone XL pipeline would facilitate oil production in the United States.

The Tribes want to follow the rules, want to obey the law, but there is no real way that they can do so because of the EPA.

By over-regulating energy development in Indian Country, the Government inhibits the creation of desperately needed jobs.

Energy means royalty income for individual Tribal members and for Tribal governments.

There have been successes, but they have been too small. We need to do more.

When I meet with the Tribal leaders in Wyoming, I am reminded of how important energy development is to our Indian communities.

Senator Barrasso introduced S. 1684, the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2011.

We have heard complaints from the Tribes that the delays in the approval process have been a significant impediment.

We have to work together to make sure that the voices of tribal leaders are heard.

What we need to do is remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to energy development.

It is my hope, Mr. Chairman, that we can address these and other impediments to development on Indian lands.

Thank you very much.