Sep 19, 2012
Congress passed the Indian Self-Determination and Education Act, as we have mentioned, as you talked about so eloquently in this history, in 1975 to set forth a new dynamic in the Federal-Tribal relationship.
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John Anthony Barrasso is an American politician and physician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, Barrasso has focused on issues such as healthcare, energy, and economic growth during his tenure in the Senate. He has been an advocate for reducing government regulations and promoting energy independence, reflecting the interests of his constituents in Wyoming, a state rich in natural resources.
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Sep 12, 2012
The purpose and intent of the Tribal Law and Order Act would be frustrated if there were no fix.
Sep 12, 2012
Uncertainty and risk in financing from energy development that is created by the Carcieri decision.
Sep 12, 2012
I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your continued leadership and hard work on this important as well as urgent issue.
Sep 11, 2012
I think one of the issues raised, not about you, but previously, is that other Commissioners were perhaps not as involved in conducting the agenda setting process.
Sep 11, 2012
Can you assure me that other extraneous guidance or other rules that are not vital to protecting public health and safety won't be forced upon nuclear power plants until they have fully completed the Tier One recommendations?
Sep 11, 2012
These sites provide good paying jobs for folks in our State and other States where uranium is found.
Jul 31, 2012
I want to follow up, as we had been doing from the hearing from last November, and specifically with the implications for the U.S. economy.
Jul 31, 2012
Just to kind of follow up, I'm looking at, there was a column in The Economist this past week.
Jul 31, 2012
Dr. Johnson, I know you spent time at the IMF as the chief economist there. I'm just curious about the role of economic growth in a time of austerity and how to balance that out and what sort of economic growth potential you see in it.
Jul 31, 2012
The problems facing Europe can have a significant and a substantial impact on the United States.
Jul 30, 2012
It is also true then that the overwhelming amount of the money transferred to the Reclamation Fund over the years--actually more than 50 percent--comes from the mineral activity in just one State, and that State would be Wyoming?
Jul 30, 2012
I frankly do not see the value in creating a new trust fund such as the one contemplated in this bill.
Jul 30, 2012
This language is somewhat confusing. There is no process or method for determining whether or not a transfer would increase the deficit.
Jul 30, 2012
The process that funds these projects lacks transparency and that the bill leaves key terms undefined.
Jul 30, 2012
The bottom line is that some States win under this bill; others simply lose.
Jul 30, 2012
Money goes in, but rarely does the money come out. Congress uses the funds as slush funds to cover deficit spending.
Jul 30, 2012
I do not support this bill. I don't think this is the way to fund western water projects.
Jul 25, 2012
Internet gaming is not an activity that can be confined within strict borders.
Jul 11, 2012
The process takes much too long, it costs far too much and the outcomes are not consistent.
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