senator murkowski, did you have questions? >> very quickly, mr. newell, i want to confirm within your projections you do not include any assessments as to alaska natural gas. being part of the mix within the projections through 2035; is that correct? >> yes that's correct. that tends to depends heavily on the alaska natural gas pipeline who's assessment have increased and have come down through 2035. that's not the protection; correct. >> i wanted to confirm that. let me ask more generally than in terms of your assessments as they might relate to the arctic as a whole. not necessarily just to the u.s. arctic and what may not develop offshore there. as you know we've got the bp deal at play in the arctic. do you include these prospects in your assessment even the bp deal or just anything in the arctic? i think we recognize the potential for the reserves. do we anticipate in your forecast seeing anything coming out of the arctic? >> i'd have to go back and look at the specific results that we currently have. but areas that are open for release sale

murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, on roll call vote 24, i voted no, it was my intention to vote ayes aye, i ask unanimous consent to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. quorum call: mr. rockefeller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: before we wrap this up entirely, there are just a couple of people i want to really thank. particularly i want to thank my ranking member, i refer to as my cochair, senator kay bailey hutchison fo

senator murkowski will deliver the congressional response. and i want to say that senator murkowski is a longtime partner of tribal communities and was the 2009 he said get of ncai's congressional leadership award. she was critical to the passage of the indian health care improvement act, and a strong partner in the successful passage of the tribal law and order act. please join me in welcoming a true champion and a friend for indian country, senator lisa murkowski. [applause] >> thank you, and good morning. jefferson, i am indeed humbled and honored this morning to provide a congressional response to your comments on the state of the indian nations address. president keel has introduced me, but i stand before you this morning with a special recognition. it was less than a week ago when i was back home in the state that i was adopted into the tribe, a member of the reagan clan, and given a new name. and a name that i'm honored to present to you, which means lady of the land. and as one who has been blessed to have been born and raised in my s

senator murkowski, did you have questions? >> very quickly, mr. newell, i want to confirm within your projections you do not include any assessments as to alaska natural gas. being part of the mix within the projections through 2035; is that correct? >> yes that's correct. that tends to depends heavily on the alaska natural gas pipeline who's assessment have increased and have come down through 2035. that's not the protection; correct. >> i wanted to confirm that. let me ask more generally than in terms of your assessments as they might relate to the arctic as a whole. not necessarily just to the u.s. arctic and what may not develop offshore there. as you know we've got the bp deal at play in the arctic. do you include these prospects in your assessment even the bp deal or just anything in the arctic? i think we recognize the potential for the reserves. do we anticipate in your forecast seeing anything coming out of the arctic? >> i'd have to go back and look at the specific results that we currently have. but areas that are open for release sale

murkowski: thank you, mr. president.nt to acknowledge the chairman and the ranking member on the commerce committee. i know they have been working diligently throughout this process not only with this particular reauthorization, but have been great leaders on this issue over the years, and i appreciate that. we are working on some difficult issues and contentious issues. the issue of the slots that both of them just discussed is one that is critically important to a person like myself who represents the farthest of the west along with hawaii, and so we look at how we are able to gain access through our airways and to travel. so the issues that are in front of us are incredibly important. but i don't want to speak to the issue of the perimeter slots today. i'd like to address an amendment that was raised exactly a week ago by my colleague from arizona, and this is regarding the importance of the essential air service to my state of alaska. i think the members of this body have heard sroefpb not only from -- very often not

senator murkowski is on her way but stuck in traffic and ask that we proceed without her. let me first say that -- welcome to the committee. we have eight new members of the committee in the s. con. res. committed one or two of them have come to the earlier hearings we had, but i hope several will come to this hearing and let me just mention who they are it welcome them all. senator franken, senator coon, senator mansion, senator portman, senator lee, welcome to the committee. senator coats, interpol and senator hoben. let me go through a short statement and then we will begin our testimony. this is an oversight hearing on the energy and oil market outlook for the 111th -- 112, chris. as you know, we usually try to start each new congress by having a sort of scene setting hearing of this kind which will look at the broad energy trends that we expect to influence our thoughts on energy policy also more specifically on the agenda items that come before the committee during this two-year congress. today we will start the discussion by hearing from dr. richard newell, the admi

i look forward to working with senators levin and mccain, bingaman and murkowski, collin, corker and all of my complete colleagues to address the wide array of issues and challenges that will come before these important bodies. whether it is my work on these committees or not, i am committed to working hard and being the best senator i can be for the state that i love. like all 99 of my colleagues who are here for the right reasons, i will represent my state to the best of my abilities and work to make america stronger and my state proud. i pledge to you that i will not only work with eve and every one of my fellow senators to find commonsense solutions, i will do what i can to usher in a new bipartisan spirit in the senate and in congress. and that spirit i will strive to always find that commonsense bridge that unites our parties and reminds us and the world that we, no matter what state we may represent, share one common and unbreakable bond: we are all americans. we all share a love for this nation, for our families and children, and this is bond which will unite us in these diff

. >> you and senator murkowski are doing a good job. thanks for answering my question.nk bailey is out with a manuscript. i know your campaigns are separate. rga was --ing thatrg during the campaign. do you know anything about it? >> i read the news story about it. i remember the commercials for it. it being therer at all. you are welcome to wrack my brain. >> at the time, it was kind of an issue, too. >> on my campaign, the rga came in. i drew the public officer position. >> have you been in touch with the former governor at all? do you hear from our? >> as the nation's governors meet here, use the c-span the library to learn about the nation's state chief of executives. all free online. watch, clip and share any time. >> tim kaine talks about the losses of his party in the elections. this is about one hour, 15 minutes. >> i am pleased to introduce a new visitor to the pnc meetings since we were last together in washington. d.c. mayor vincent gray was sworn in and he has accomplished big goals he set out during the time -- during the campaign, focusing on economic deve

along with the senators from alaska, senator -- the senators from alaska, senator murk -- senator murkowski and senator begich. so they had concerns we had to address. the california senators certainly have wanted more access for california because that is a huge population base that will now have better access to national airport as well as dulles. so there -- i think that is the outline of the amendment that we have just adopted, and we're going to continue to work in conference. the house bill has five new entrants only, so we have 16. we have conversions. the house does not. so there will be a lot of talk and a lot of input, but my goal is to have more competition, to have strengthened air carriers for our overall u.s. air competition, and to assure that the people west of the mississippi river have access to national airport. and so i think we have made a good start here, and i want to commend all of those who have been involved in a very delicate negotiation, and i especially thank my chairman, senator rockefeller, of the commerce committee for helping us to get to this point that we