That was exasperating, to see this matter trivialized like that,

This is being brought up for partisan political reasons, and it's not a serious attempt to pass it,

The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.

Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill.

The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.

What I did was sit down with the Washington State officials, with the historic preservation people, with the tribe, the local community, the port of Port Angeles, and we worked this thing out, and we protected the tribe's interest.