Aren't the states that are most directly impacted the ones that would logically be working on the mitigation?

But everything you just said would lead me to believe that that money should flow through the coastal states where that kind of work would take place.

Well, I guess what I am trying to get at--is your problem with the percentages or the concept? Do you support the concept of revenue sharing from offshore wind revenues? Yes or no?

You have a statute over here that has been in place for years on oil and gas revenues. You have a new set of revenues and you are saying, well, we are just not going to talk about that.

I will look forward to working with you over the next several weeks to define the word 'eager.'

It just seems to me it is cart before the horse to be talking about a vast expansion of offshore wind without talking about where the revenues are going to go.

Talking about mitigation and resiliency is a hell of a lot cheaper than talking about rebuilding after a disaster.

Your position on this bill is that it is basically a good bill but there are modifications the Department would like to see made, is that correct?

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We should not just pour money into schools that cannot get their students out with a degree or a certificate.

If they cannot get everything they want, they would rather have nothing.

But, these partisan efforts will change that.

I say to my colleagues, let's set aside this disastrous budget.

Wherever, if ever, there is a fraudulent vote, that vote in itself, by nature of what it is, suppresses the vote of a legal voter.

Our republic is based on the foundation that the people, the voters of this country must have faith and confidence in our election process.

We must look at these things. We cannot sweep these under the rug.

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I’ve been very reluctant for nine years about modifying the filibuster rule with policy but this has nothing to do with policy. This is about keeping the United States on the world that could be a severe recession.