And I do not think any of the many, many people I visited in so many communities give any consideration to the lifecycle cost of the project or the social cost of the project.

Do you believe the African Development Bank should end all financing for projects dealing with fossil fuels?

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.

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

for the past week the Senate has been debating the way that America produces and uses our energy. We have talked about how these issues affect our economy, how they affect our communities, and how they affect the world--the world that we…

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

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.

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

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

I call up amendment No. 3030. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Barrasso] proposes an amendment numbered 3030 to amendment No. 2953.

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 ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain natural…

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

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.

I thank the distinguished chairman of the energy committee. She does a remarkable job, and she has brought many people together on this bipartisan piece of legislation. It passed the committee 18 to 4. People are energetic about this…

I want to agree and second everything that my colleague from Missouri, Senator Blunt, had to say--that 99.7 percent of his State is underwater according to the EPA. We had a hearing, and I looked at a map of Wyoming that the EPA presented…

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.

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

tonight President Obama will be coming to Congress to deliver his final State of the Union Address. His advisers have been all over television talking about what the President is planning to say. Tonight, I expect President Obama will talk…

over the weekend, countries meeting in Paris signed a broad new climate agreement. President Obama called the agreement a success. He said it was a ``strong agreement.'' Despite the fanfare, let's keep some things in perspective. There are…

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

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 9, 2015, at 11 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Strengthening the Visa Waiver…

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