Mr. Claus, The Tongass used to produce about 450 million board feet of timber a year, but last year produced less than 30 million board feet from federal lands.

Under the President's proposed Environmental Protection Agency budget the EPA will continue its unprecedented high funding levels.

I believe you would not tolerate it if scientists within the agency released scientific data to the public and to the Congress which was suppressed data, suppressed data that contradicted their study and their conclusions, that…

there has been significant attention given to efforts by the United Nations to establish a global climate change agreement. The effort has been based, in large part, on information contained in reports prepared by the United Nations…

I can tell you, Mr. Secretary, I think that killing jobs in the United States, which I believe this will do, to earn international applause is bad policy.

You have expressed your commitment to this committee and to me privately to clean coal numerous times.

I think it is a very good recognition on the part of the Department and I think the Department needs to abide by the management plan that was put into effect.

I was encouraged by the President's comments last night about nuclear energy, about oil and gas, about different issues, and specifically with clean coal, which is so important in Wyoming.

I think you have characterized some of these families as kings of the world, and I have concerns about that.

I would encourage you to work together to find some common sense solutions that foster job growth and promote our energy security in not just the green jobs, but in the red, white, and blue jobs.

I want to thank you for holding this oversight hearing today.

the new requirements on oil and gas are burdensome, and he said in a letter to you that it puts a stranglehold on an already cumbersome process.

I have always believed that equally important to those green jobs are the red, white, and blue jobs that continue to power this country and will continue to do that for the next century.

He struggles daily with the problems of high unemployment among his people.

During the 57th Congress, our predecessors passed the Newland Reclamation Act that changed the landscape of arid Western States. Part of the 1902 act, which created the Reclamation Service, included funding for a dam in a narrow, 70-foot…

I am pleased to join Senator Enzi to speak in support of the nomination of Nancy Freudenthal to be a U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Wyoming.

Nancy Freudenthal has the qualifications to be an effective member of the Federal bench.

$3.4 billion is an incredible amount of money, and it is a lot of American taxpayers' money.

is this settlement fair to the Indian account holders and the landowners?

I think it is good that the parties in this dispute were able to come together and reach an agreement.

We need to encourage domestic uranium production. I believe it will foster job growth, promote economic security as well as energy security.

The uranium industry's planned expansions and future operations in Wyoming should provide long term high paying jobs to Wyoming miners for years to come.

The loss of mining and mining related jobs in Wyoming and elsewhere will be a direct outcome of the Department's present course.

Nuclear power is a key component of making America's energy clean, affordable and reliable.

I had introduced a similar bill in the last session of Congress. But working with Senator Bingaman in his leadership and knowledge, I think we have a much improved bill.