the tax extenders bill includes a settlement that involves a class action lawsuit that is known as Cobell v. Salazar. The total cost of this settlement is about $3.4 billion. This settlement will affect hundreds of thousands of Indian…

the National Congress of American Indians' letter states that the changes in my amendment address legitimate concerns that have been raised by tribal leaders and Indian people. The NCAI letter references resolutions passed by the…

I think I would agree completely with preferring that approach.

This bill is important for jobs, jobs in Wyoming and jobs across the country.

So it would make sense then that the department wouldn't want to force too much uranium on the market, which would perhaps push the envelope to the point that it impacts American jobs and American energy?

So my question is does the department consider domestic uranium production important for America's energy security?

The uranium is a valuable resource, and it is owned by the American people.

I think the Senator from Utah has made a clear point. The costs are real. The costs of doing this are very real. The benefits, however, are theoretical. I see my colleague and friend from Idaho here. I ask him, who elected the…

We are here to speak in favor of the Murkowski resolution in opposing what the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to do in terms of its efforts to regulate climate change because we know that is a job killer for all Americans.

The Environmental Protection Agency ought to be focused on the gulf, not on something that theoretically may make a difference 100 years from now. At a time when emissions are going up in China and going up in India and going up in Russia…

I rise today to address comments made on the floor of the U.S. Senate on June 8, 2010. The senior Senator from Montana accused me of slandering an individual. That individual is President Obama's nominee to be the next Centers for Medicare…

I come to the floor today because the President of the United States earlier today had a townhall meeting to talk about the new health care law, the law he has promoted and talked about and which has been a major point of discussion…

we're very pleased that bipartisan rural mobility legislation in 3485 was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Barrasso

I rise today to remember the life of Senator Craig Thomas. Senator Thomas passed away on June 4, 2007. On that day, the people of Wyoming lost a native son. His presence back home is still missed. One week from tomorrow will be the third…

It is with great pride as well as regret that I rise today in the Senate to recognize a great son of the State of Wyoming. He is my chief of staff, Shawn Whitman. He joins me today on the Senate floor. Shawn is leaving the Senate this…

I come to the floor today, as I have done each week for over a month now, to give a doctor's second opinion about the health care bill that has now been signed into law. I do this as somebody who has practiced medicine, taken care of…

The administration's confused response stands in contrast to public anger.

It's time to use the other boot to actually stop the spill.

I come to the floor as someone who has practiced medicine in Casper, WY, since 1983, as an orthopedic surgeon taking care of many of the families in the great State of Wyoming. I come to you to talk about the health care bill that has been…

The American people aren't just furious at British Petroleum, the American people are also furious that the government has allowed this to happen.

the proposed changes in onshore potentially hand significant control over oil and gas exploration, development, and production to the whims of those that profess--and these are his words--'a nowhere, not ever philosophy to surface…

the Administration's onshore policies are going to hurt rural economies in the West and leave Americans even more vulnerable to higher gas prices.

I believe the bill is going to be bad for patients, bad for our providers, the nurses and doctors who take care of them, and bad for the payers--the American people, who will foot the bill for this health care bill.

I agree absolutely with my colleague because that is exactly what is happening in the British health care system. It is delayed care, and delayed care, to me, equals denied care. This has been such a major topic for discussion among the…

What we all see is an environment that is unacceptable, including major and minor construction deficiencies.