But now they are switching to using heroin, an opioid, obviously. And the rise in heroin abuse now is what the Attorney General yesterday called, quote, 'an urgent public health crisis,' end of quote.

I fear this budget request undermines that duty with the same budget gimmicks, unauthorized legislative proposals, and cuts to frontline security operations that we have sadly come to expect under this administration.

Any program that spends money we want to know about, we are entitled to know about, and demand to know about.

What can we do as legislators to help you implement that?

What is your plan for mitigating and eliminating excessive customs and immigration wait times at our nation's airports?

When can we expect to see a published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (on the Air Cargo Advanced Screening Pilot Program)?

Does DHS have sufficient funds to staff the National Targeting Center, if the draft rule does go into effect?

Mr. President, in this Chamber we spend a lot of time debating how our actions will affect future generations and the obligations we have to leave future generations a better nation and a better world. Nowhere is this responsibility more…

I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I thank also everyone who made this evening possible, and I want to say to my co-chair of the Climate Action Task Force, Senator Whitehouse, what a privilege it is to work with him, as his passion on this runs deep; to…

Madam President, I have been on this floor since early this evening and it is very clear that deniers are standing with 3 percent of the scientists while we Democrats who are here tonight calling for action are standing with 97 percent of…

Will the Senator yield before we hear from my good friend. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

Mr. President, we know all Senators care deeply about their constituents and their families. If any one of us saw danger looming, we would do everything in our power to save them. Yet in the face of irrefutable scientific agreement, the…

Mr. President, it was with great interest that I listened to my friend. I suppose we are making progress. He used to call climate change a hoax, and he did not say that. So maybe he is moving in our direction. But I also want to point out…

That is wonderful. I am so happy you did not use hoaxes, and maybe there is a way for us to come closer together on this issue. But let my say this: People are listening. People care. Because when 97 to 98 percent of the scientists say…

Absolutely. Will the Presiding Officer tell me when I have used 3 minutes and then I will yield the floor at that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will be so notified.

We just heard 45 minutes from my friend Jim Inhofe, whom I have a very friendly relationship with but who I think is a dangerous denier, a dangerous denier in the face of 97 percent agreement among scientists. He talks about international…

The Geological Society of America. All I can say is, to come down here and accuse the Democrats of being alarmist, when all we are trying to do is protect the health and safety of the American people, of their families and future…