My take is that it wouldn't work for Wyoming. But this entire health care bill--law, travesty--isn't going to work for Wyoming. We look at the numbers, and the Congressional Budget Office says 15 percent of hospitals in a few years are…

It is interesting, looking at this whole thing, because what we see happening in Britain right now--they call it NICE, but there is nothing nice about it--National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence--what Dr. Berwick has had to…

Blocking future offshore exploration only means we will import more from foreign countries.

Shifting this blame does not get us very far.

I think, Mr. Chairman, that statement highlights the goal of these groups to regulate everything Americans do from heating their homes to driving their kids to school.

Our first priority needs to be stopping the leak, containing the spill.

I come to offer a second opinion on this bill and now this law. I think these things have not been accomplished by the bill that has been signed into law. This bill--this bill now signed into law--is going to be bad for patients, bad for…

I come to the floor as someone who practiced medicine in Casper, WY, for 25 years. I was an orthopedic surgeon for the people of Wyoming, as well as medical director of the Wyoming Health Fair Program, which reached across the State with…

I think all of America knows what a wonderful and beautiful State Wyoming is, and why we welcome our visitors.

If I could ask, I know you have been a strong supporter of Title V of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I come to the floor as a physician who has practiced orthopedic surgery in Casper, WY, for 25 years. I come to offer a second opinion on the health care bill that was recently passed and signed into law. My opinion on this bill is very…

We are grateful for the significant tribal outreach that Chairman Dorgan and Vice Chairman Barrasso have conducted.

Energy development on the Wind River Reservation means jobs. Energy development on the Wind River Reservation means incomes for families.

I am determined to try to make that happen, which will unlock substantial amounts of opportunity to produce electricity on Indian lands all across the Country.

Energy independence is crucial for our nation, and we must include tribal lands in our efforts.

I appreciate his work in those areas and they are also incorporated in the discussions today.

But the President's budget doesn't include bark beetle funding for the Intermountain West in fiscal year 2011.

I have concerns about timber sale programs and how that will play into this.

As Senator Barrasso has said, there are 12 States today that are facing an epidemic with the bark beetle.

We need to make sure on the front end that we have got collaborative efforts working because that is a key to moving forward on these various contracts in timber sales.

Thank you for being here to chair this important hearing.

Because if a million trees are falling every 10 days, and we want to give considerable thought to that, but the bark beetle infestation is continuing.

Coal is essential to the American energy needs. It provides about 50 percent of the country's electricity.

it is essential that any federal legislation attempting to clarify pore space ownership on federal property not disrupt long-standing rules of property.