We do have a responsibility here, and I hope that after this hearing... we can move my bill.

This is a critical piece of legislation of which I am a proud to be a co-sponsor.

Maryland's talented Governor Martin O'Malley wanted to spring into action to jam cell phone transmissions from prison.

All Marylanders were shocked and dismayed to hear about this new organized crime practice of using cell phones in prisons.

I introduced Senate Bill 251, the Safe Prisons Communications Act.

That is why the recovery law that we passed, and President Obama signed, contains more than $8 billion for high-speed rail.

Our changing climate creates immeasurable challenges for farmers.

Rising sea levels and increased salt water infiltration into groundwater sources are serious concerns of mine.

Every single time we have moved forward to go after pollution, the naysayers have been wrong about their predictions.

I would urge him not to do it because it is a huge mistake.

Madam Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing on the transportation piece of the greenhouse gas emissions puzzle and what we can do to address this issue.

Agriculture both affects and is affected by climate change.

It is no coincidence that both our transportation and energy infrastructure systems are simultaneously at a crossroads.

A 2 percent increase in global temperature can create significant heat stress for plants and animals.

I do want to thank our former colleague Mr. Davis, who had to leave, again for his longtime leadership on the question of WMATA.

All of us from this region are very pleased that we were able to get the $150 million appropriation from the Appropriations Committee subcommittee.

We simply cannot afford to have one single person out of work because the Government cannot get its act together.

We expect the Coast Guard to be able to look and see certain things coming.