John Barrasso

Ultimately this hands-off approach to wildlife and public land management could be detrimental to conservation.

We think the States continue to do a much better job than Washington.

The district court judge was not in Wyoming and does not really know Wyoming, does not have an ability to understand the situation, and did not study it.

We all want to reduce the flaring of natural gas in oil wells, and to do that we need natural gas gathering lines. These are small pipelines that capture natural gas from oil wells where it would otherwise be flared off into the…

I was gratified to hear the statements of Chairman Barrasso about the rampant intimidation and harassment of employees, nepotism, and moving incompetent managers around within the organization.

If you've only had two babies hit the floor in eight years, that's pretty good.

We expect nothing less in return with our treaty rights and our trust responsibilities. That is not being fulfilled by the Federal Government.

Your agency did not consult with the States for 4 and a half years, from January 2011 until the issuance of the rule of July 2015.

Your agency failed to honor Secretary Salazar's specific commitment to cooperating State agencies.

With all due respect, your answer just doesn't pass the smell test.

It is time to move forward, to recognize the science, focus on our scarce taxpayer resources on truly imperiled species.

This amendment is just going to provide Wyoming the same legal protections that this Congress has provided to Montana and to Idaho.

It is because of endless litigation that forced Congress to actually act and change the law.

We have to acknowledge that U.S. and coalition efforts to date have, at most, limited success in actually reducing ISIS oil revenues.

Do you believe it is easier or more difficult to cut off this, in terms of natural gas versus oil?

I think clearly ISIS is the most serious terrorist threat we face today, and we need to take all practical steps to defeat them.

There should be no part of ISIS oil enterprise where people feel safe to work.

You state more needs to be done. You explain that strikes on oil infrastructure need to be comprehensive not limited.

You commend the military's recent decision to strike, as you said, larger pieces of ISIS oil infrastructure.

The Tribal Law and Order Act has made significant strides in improving the justice systems in Indian Country.

We want to extend our gratitude and appreciation to Chairman Barrasso, Vice Chairman Tester, and all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Yes, because this is highly unusual for a Federal agency and the oil and gas industry to both agree that a proposed rule issued by another Federal agency would inhibit safety advances.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

Mr. Salerno, yesterday, the international climate negotiations began in Paris. The President is there this morning.

As our Nation honors and celebrates the heritage and culture of Native Americans this month, it is very fitting that today's hearing focuses on legislation that would help educate the next generation of Native Americans.