and if you listen to what they're talking about, i mean, lisa murkowski is sort of the quintessential center right, moderate senator. and she didn't just say declare war. she said this is an attack on our sovereignty. we're being treated like a territory, we're a colony. >> how can the president just do this? if congress had said, look, before you can wall off more, congress has to act. >> it's completely unilateral. and i think it'll be litigated for years. >> you know what's fascinating, though, pal is that the environmental left the greens, are furious. they're view is that got this thing temperatures are going to drive by 2 degrees celsius. the only thing that will stop us is if all hydrocarbons are kept in the ground. i think they're trying to soften up the bureaucracy, push back against the bureaucrats and say don't even think about moving forward with any of these things like on the atlantic the atlantic coast. >> well so, kim, the president and the state of the union, and every time he gets a chance takes credit for low gas, oil and gas prices. >> yeah. >> takes credit for new

then there is senator murkowski. she is a gifted bill manager. she worked hard to manage varying amendments and competing priorities. no matter how they voted, every senator owes senator michalski a debt of gratitude i proving a functioning senate was possible. a new majority is grateful for her work and many democrats are as well. one of them deserves a mention even though they didn't vote for keystone. we are certainly grateful for her as well. where we are, as others have indicated, we are hoping common sense will prevail and the president will sign this extraordinary jobs bill. >> when the president spoke during the state of the union address, he said the united states must aim higher than a single pipeline. under his policies domestic production has shut down on federal lands, yet has increased by 35% everywhere else. that has led to more money in the pockets of hard-working americans. the keystone pipeline would go through western south dakota. for those counties it would be a good shot in the arm. for many the property taxes would fund sch

chairman murkowski, representative can'ttwell, thank you for letting me testify.no stranger to this chamber or the senate. i've submitted a detailed statement for the record that discusses a number of investments we're proposing so i'll be relatively brief in these opening remarks. this is a forward-looking budget that provides targeted investments to grow our domestic energy portfolio creating jobs at home, to build climate resilience and revitalize our national parks as an approach to their 100th anniversary and investing in science to help us understand natural resources on a resource level and to manage our assets for the long term and helps fulfill ow nation's commitments including a much-needed and historic to improve education for indian children. our investments in the lanns and historic places that make our nation proud and serve as economic engines. on the 00th anniversary of the fund act the budget proposes foul funding of $900 million for lwcf programs this. is dollar for dollar one of the most effective government programs that we have. next we are we

i know senator wyden and murkowski, the gao, the interior inspector general. many press articles have been raised about this issue and i plan to raise any own concerns about this as well. similarly i'm concerned we adequately consider the real impacts of climate change on our public lands. this is an issue important to places like washington and alaska. to many places in our country. tacoma news tribune recently pointed out many of the related climate impacts a mount rainier national park and glacier melting and snow pack decrease as much as 18% between 2003 and t 9. so these are real issues. from mud slurries to parks and infrastructure. and we all know drought conditions in the west have demonstrated climate changes are present challenges to the businesses, government families. and because of this i'm pleased that the budget includes a 15% increase for climate related research. so i hope that this will help us bring better understands how to prepare far these issues. similarly issue of the wild live impact throughout the cuneate.ommunity. the carlton complex

murkowski: mr. president i request proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president i'm here on the floor today with my friend and colleague from the state of idaho to speak in support of legislation that we have just dropped today. this is the bipartisan sportsmen's act of 2015. i have introduced it today along with senator heinrich from new mexico. i think it is important to recognize that this bipartisan bill is supported with original cosponsors, the senator from idaho, senator risch senator manchin, senator fischer as well as myself and senator heinrich. i want to acknowledge senator heinrich's staff in working with us to revise this important bill. i want to acknowledge the great work the bipartisan sportman's caucus has done. i think it is important to recognize the groundwork, the leg work that went into development of this bill and the work that the caucus did in doing so. so, thank you for all of the good hard work.

lisa murkowski, the senator from alaska is quoted here, senator murkowski acknowledges the impacts of climate change on alaska's coastal communities. so maybe we're beginning to make some progress but all around the country these effects are ones we have to begin to take more seriously. it is indeed time to wake up. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. [inaudible conversations] >> for weeks, we have asked that there be a vote on the date of the whole insecurity department. it is so important. coast guard cutters secret service coastlands and senator vaccaro has agreed to give us to give its abode of that. we are glad to see that it's happy but we will do everything wicked to make sure it passes by an overwhelming vote. virtually every democrat will vote for that. it's an important step to be able to send the house of representatives a bill that funds the department of homeland security. one of the states in our caucus today without any reservation at, this is it the time for games. if the house of representatives led by speaker blogger

and, i would suspect that senator murkowski the energy committee chairwoman, you know will certainly be looking at policies focused on research and development in particular. she has promoted those in the past and probably will in the future and that is why i would look for action on our side. >> if you are buying a 100,000-dollar to tesla a tax credit isn't going to make that much of a difference. it would be nice but if you care that much you would ask for less my stereo or less expensive paint job or something like that so focusing on the higher end of the market you make yourself more and mean. >> and also to changes. that's a very good point. >> are there one other point i might add these discussions on capitol hill also there's a debate about how to do them and whether to do them in a target way or not. obviously a lot of people like to get fundamental tax reform done. do you address tax credits for electric vehicles vehicles for examples in the context of a larger fundamental tax reform package? do you do it as a rifle shot approach? that's another question for all of these ty

i know my colleagues, senator wyden and murkowski, the g.a.o., interior -- interior inspector general, many press articles have been raised about this issue and i plan to raise my own concerns about this as well. similarly, i'm concerned that we adequately consider the real impacts of climate change on our public lands. this isn't an issue that's important to places like washington and alaska, to many places in our country it was recently pointed out many of the related climate impacts at mount rainier national park. in the past decades about glay shears melting -- glaciers melting. floods repairing park infrastructure and we all know that historic drought conditions in california and the west have now demonstrated climate related changes are present challenges to businesses, to the government families, and because of this i'm pleased that the budget includes a 15% increase for climate related research. i hope that this will help us bring better understanding how to prepare for these issues. similar the issues of wifled impacts throughout the community. last year our state experienced

alaska lisa murkowski has taken over as chair on committee of emergency and resources on record as myooster saying it's an undeveloped resource and could do more to support economic development and job creation. as far as the country's energy needs, there is vast potential. this is a dam in northern colorado. there's no generator. if there were -- >> it would generate enough electricity to power about 500 average local homes. >> and that project would still be considered small hydropower. projects twice this big are still flumped. some 80,000 dams in this country. small medium-size and giant. right now, only 3% are being used to generate hydropower, so a lot of room for growth. equal to the power generated by about a dozen coal-fired power plants. dan boyce in denver for the pbs "newshour". >> woodruff: president obama announced today that the u.s. will be bringing back nearly all of the 2,800 troops fighting ebola in west africa. while calling last year's outbreak of the disease a "wake up call" to the world. jeff is back with that. >> brown: the president said that the u.s. operatio

i've also talked to senator murkowski and senator don young. we pledge to work together to make the most of our god-given resources. best, this means that at long last responsibly accessing the vast oil reserves under an war. we can, we must, and we will. it is beyond time. [laughter] -- [applause] members of this legislator, i am so honored to stand before you. i look forward to working together to overcome the challenges before us. the men and women in this room are no strangers to adversity. some of you had been cancer, others have known childhood poverty and overcome terminus challenges in life. you are educators, lawyers farmers, veterans, health care providers, pilots, engineers accountants and yes even a reindeer herders, just to list a few. united is a shared love for our state and our people and a desire to give back. the opportunity, and obligation we have over the next four years is to leave alaska better that we received it. and to secure blessings for future generations. opportunity is what inspires and motivates alaskans. the desi

hoeven-murkowski retire from the battlefield mainly because maliki took the gloves off of us and theraqis came forward with a we did a lot of fighting, particularly in sadr city the baghdad areas. but special groups as phil pointed out, special groups did not play in that fight the special groups will be indicted and sent from a different place. but i think that's key to understand between the nationalist point to all get to a second what he said in his speech gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, great americans great iraqi patriot, today is the first in the battle against iran. this division commander was shia. a sunni would say that anyway, but he said that. this commander by the way just affected and is now in the states seeking asylum but he was given command in the south. i won't say where, just a few months ago. one evening he got a call from maliki, a maliki said i have some visitors coming to you and want you to put them to work embed them in your staff thank you -- they will help you achieve stardom or the division commander, recommend, not division, above division, said who are

senator murkowski and i co-authored a letter to you all that the research be researched. i'm encouraged by the rule you have put out to stop companies from using subsidiaries to dodge the royalty payments. i think we may need to go further. we're getting additional information and i think it would be very helpful if you could review a recent report by head watters economics on this. madam chair, if we could put that report in the record it would be good. and i'll just wrap up with that request, madam secretary. if you and i could have further conversation on that. >> i'd be delighted. >> thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, madam chair. and thank you, secretary jewell, for joining us today, and for all you do. i want to talk about the pilt program, payment in lieu of taxes. the department of interior website, there's an explanation that the pilt program involved "payments to local governments that help offset losses and property taxes due to non-taxable federal lands within their boundaries." based on this explanation i assume you agree with that definition, with that de

then there's senator murkowski, she worked hard to manage varying amendments and competing priorities. no matter how they voted, every senator owes senator murkowski a debt of gratitude for proving through her skill that a functioning senate was possible. a new majority is grateful for her work and many democrats are as well. one of them senator can't well, also deserves a -- cantwell, also deserves a mention. even though she didn't vote for keystone, she worked constructively with us to process amendments. we are certainly grateful for her as well. so now where we are as others have indicated, we are hoping commonsense will prevail here and the president will sign this extraordinary jobs bill. >> when the president spoke during the state of the union address, he said the united states must aim higher than a single pipeline, i agree with him. but this is a great place to start. under his policies domestic production has shut down on federal land yet increased everywhere else by 35%. and that has led to more money in the pockets of hardworking americans and they benefited from having m

murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be livedlifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: and can you tell me, mr. president, what the status of floor debate is and how much time i might have? the presiding officer: the democrats have eight minutes reminderring. minutes -- remaining. mrs. shaheen: i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: thank you. mr. president, i've come to the floor again today with just 16 days left until the department of homeland security shuts down to again call for congress to pass a clean full-year bill to fund the department of homeland security. with our nation facing very real and very dangerous threats -- senator murphy, who was just on the floor talking about the isil threat, points out just what the risks are -- it is time for us to put politics asid

look at sea level rise, which you can measure from fort pulaski in georgia up to alaska where lisa murkowskie that's eroding her native villages to the sea level rise in my home state of rhode island at the naval station. you can look at the p.h. changes in the ocean which you actually measure. it's not complicated. kids measure their p.h. in their aquariums all the time. you can measure ocean temperature, which is absolutely clear. it involves something called a thermometer. it really isn't all that complicated. and if you want to understand why the existence of snow might actually be consistent with climate change, i would urge people to get their personal device here, their ipad, whatever it is that they have, and load up the earth now app. the earth now app is run by a group called nasa. nasa is pretty capable. they are driving a rover around on mars right now. these are folks who know a little of what they are talking about. and they map the temperature of the planet, and you can see the cold arctic air drawn down to new england drawn down to our area and it's in large part because the