John Barrasso

NPCA has also weighed in on the Office of Surface Mining's Stream Protection Rule, a rule which would shut down coal production in much of the country.

Many of us are concerned that the BLM's rule will push oil and gas production off Federal, public lands, off Indian lands, costing public land States, like mine and others here on the committee and costing our Indian tribes thousands of…

It seems to me there hasn't been the transparency that's been promised by the Administration when it comes to these settlements.

Saying that the sky is falling all in an effort to try to scare Congress and scare the American people into doing what he wants, which is raising taxes.

We've got to get the politics right and the permitting right, back to the Governor's earlier comments about the need to be more efficient and thoughtful and actually allow access to the Federal land.

We can do this by increasing natural gas production on Federal public lands, in my opinion.

Well, thank you. I think all of us look forward to seeing the Task Force recommendation in a timely manner.

Yesterday, the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy had actually shrank, which would defy the expectations.

We agree in a bipartisan way that our Nation's harbors and ports are vital to the economic growth of the entire Country.

In his State of the Union Address, going back even to 2010, President Obama announced the National Export Initiative, stating, 'We will double our exports over the next 5 years, an increase that will support 2 million jobs in America.'

I just believe that that was not the case.

I have seen you work yourself to exhaustion not for your own benefit, but for the benefit of the people of this country.

We want to make sure that there is security for our ambassadors.

Again and again, local defense attorneys have expressed their appreciation for the fair-handed, respectful, and even-tempered treatment that they have received from Greg Phillips.

He is an experienced attorney who is up to the challenge of being an outstanding Federal circuit court judge.

Greg is going to make an outstanding judge in the Tenth Circuit.

We're looking for solutions and it doesn't seem at least from the president's proposal that he is at all serious about finding the solution.

I co-sponsored Senate Resolution 561, naming November as the National Native American Heritage Month.

You have brought to the forefront many pressing issues facing Indian Country today.

I want to thank all of our guests for being here.

You have been a great friend and a wonderful teacher to so many of us.

I believe there are provisions in this bill that need to be reworked, strengthened, some eliminated.

Congress as a whole should not surrender all authority over Federal spending to this Administration or to any other future Administration, whether it be Republican or Democrat.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this very important hearing today. I appreciate your leadership in advancing the Federal and Tribal relationship.

We should not forget for a moment that the men and women of our military are serving in very dangerous parts of the world to protect the freedoms we all enjoy.