John Barrasso

S. 410, sponsored by Senator Udall, would establish a program to help improve tribal and Bureau of Indian Education school facilities.

The cost and concessions to be made by the U.S. in the agreement with China are much more real than what China is ever going to do.

Congress has never authorized funding the Green Climate Fund.

Any agreement reached in Paris that contains legally binding requirements on the American people must come to the Senate for a vote.

Without Senate approval, there will be no money.

In terms of this wildland urban interface that you just made reference to, you also write about the reduced mega fire potential when treatments in all high risk areas were performed verses treatments only in the wildland urban interface.

We simply cannot allow the status quo to continue. That is why I have introduced S. 1691, a bill called the National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act.

On November 12, the U.S. announced a U.S.-China joint climate change agreement.

The process needs reform and needs to be fixed.

Wouldn't you agree that the Office of Surface Mining's annual cost estimate of $29,000 for the entire Rocky Mountain region is, on its face, ridiculous?

These seem like lame excuses to me.

Let's be clear. That sharing was done before January 2011. I want to know where this law allows your agency to go dark for four and a half years, and how is this consistent with the President's claim that his Administration is the most…

Why is the Office of Surface Mining allowed to make a mockery, a mockery, of its obligation under the National Environmental Policy Act?

This rule will cost thousands of jobs across the country, including many jobs in Wyoming.

Congress explicitly prohibited Puerto Rico from being able to access Chapter 9.

Congress and the Bureau of Indian Affairs should take action on these issues immediately.

While the Tribe appreciates the weatherization changes included in Senator Barrasso's bill, S. 209, much more is needed.

Senator Barrasso's bill, S. 209, would streamline the process for a tribe to obtain a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement.

I question whether the Department receives full evaluation for the uranium that it gives to this company.

I think it speaks to the issue that we face in Alaska as it relates to the adequacy of our mapping and the need to get going yesterday.

Because I think to people that look at this it certainly seems like you are playing games with Congress.

Earlier this year I called on the Department to condition all future transfers of uranium on the requirement that the company publicly disclose the terms under which it sells the uranium.

So it's your position that you do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the decisions affecting the corporation?

Because I question whether the Department actually has received full value for the uranium that it gives to the corporation.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce--they did an analysis, and they found about a 33-percent gap in getting to this reduction.