tribal law and order act was first introduced back in 2008 when i was vice-chairman with senator dorgan on the indian affairs committee and worked with him to advance that bill. that was signed last year. for a number of years, the members of his staff at the indian affairs committee had been working very hard, very aggressively to explore the various options to resolve a call about lawsuits and that settlement, again, was finally approved last year. looking back a few more years, we were successful in reauthorizing pasta. we also came together to honor the legacy of mr. martinez as the reauthorized native american languages that. even -- even in the most partisan in the senate environments that we see today, i think that it is fair to care darius the senate committee on indian affairs as one of the most project of committees in the entire senate. and the secret to our success is that we work together. we work together. [applause] woodworker crosses party lines all of the time for the benefit of native people. and this is not only a testimony to the strong leaders who have guided the co

the offshoring prevention act is based on legislation that senator byron dorgan offered over the pastwo decades again and again. we can all remember senator dorgan coming to this floor right there with pictures of iconic american goods like york peppermint patties, radio flyer red wagons, fig newton cookies, and huffy bicycles. to highlight the fact that the production of these american classic products had moved to mexico, to china, elsewhere. on dozens if not hundreds of occasions, senator dorgan spoke passionately on this floor about the decline of american manufacturing. i am grateful to his leadership on this critical issue and for bringing our attention to an unfair tax advantage that rewards companies for moving manufacturing jobs overseas. last year, a version of senator dorgan's bill was included in the creating american jobs expending offshoring act. while a majority of this body, 53 senators, voted to begin debate on the bill, we were not able to overcome a filibuster to have a chance to consider and pass this legislation. i'm sorry that we were not able to pass the bill la

i look forward to working with senator dorgan identifying those strategies that made a difference in preventing suicide and formulating new strategies towards this end. [applause] he also mentioned significance of energy and as we watched with growing concern the energy prices rising again it is important to focus on the relationship between energy cost and the economic sustainability of our native communities. indian land contains an estimated 10% of energy resources in the united states and yet energy resources on native lands are vastly undeveloped. i am one who believes america needs and all of the above energy approach. oil, gas, renewables and all of the above means that we must include indian country in our national energy policy. we must support our native people in their efforts to develop energy resources on native land. whether for use in native communities or to generate income to support our tribal governments and tribal enterprises and i hope we will all work together to make this a reality. finally we need to continue our efforts to ensure american indians, alaska nati

conversation with your phone calls, emails and tweets sunday at noon eastern on c-span2 and watch booktv dorgan find the entire weekend schedule. >> congressional leaders gathered at the u.s. capitol in june to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of the korean war. representative rangel and representative coble and representative conyers. this is about 50 minutes. >> we are honoring all who served and those who perished in the conflict. please stand for the presentation of the colors. [presentation of colors] ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail that the twilight's last gleeming whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, or the ram parts we watched, were so gentlelady antly extreming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star standingled banner yet wave or the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> let us pray. eternal lord god who alone spreads out the heavens, we gather in prayer on this 60th anniversary of america's forgotten war, to see

he succeeds byron dorgan who retired. >> every weekend on c-span3 experience american history tv. 48 hours of people at the events telling the american story. historic speeches and eyewitness accounts of the events that shaped our nation. visit historical sites and college campuses as professors and leading historians delve into america's past. american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-spannumber 3. >> the live events to tell you about on c-span. the inauguration of florida's new governor rick scott will be live from tallahassee and one eastern. at 2:00 the heritage foundation hosts republican senator lamar alexander of tennessee for discussion on how the filibuster is used in the senate. >> good morning. as you know, if this is the panel on the causes of conflict. >> before and make a few introductory remarks i would like to introduce our distinguished guests. to my immediate right is professor michael scharf, that john and baker professor of law and director of the frederick cox international center at?aul following him as professor paul robinson, professor of internationa