Despite efforts to try to minimize the significance of this spill, the facts cannot be ignored that 3 million gallons of acidic, heavy metal-laden water were released into the Animas River.

My sense of this would be it would be beneficial to all of you to avoid a Superfund site because of what it is going to do, in terms of people viewing your tourist sites, property values, and things of that nature.

This was not because of an accident; it was because of mistakes made by the EPA, mistakes caused by neglect because of a culture of arrogance.

I think this is unacceptable, and I think you are at fault for not having the required design professional in charge of this work.

I feel at times as if I have exhausted my words against the nuclear deal with Iran. I have inveighed against the wickedness of the Ayatollahs, their responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``A Review of Regulatory…

I believe it expires at the end of 2016.

But not to stop the nuclear--the advances of their nuclear program.

the threat that they could come out from under these sanctions but fall back under them if they did not abide by the deal is, I think, a very real one and that is a political one for Iran's leadership, as well.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. in room SR-418 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on environment and…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``The U.S. Role and Strategy in the Middle East…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 10:15 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct…

I thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, over the last few days, our Nation has heard from its elected Representatives on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, affectionately known as the Iran nuclear deal. I…

over the past 5 months, we have learned much about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the intentions of Iran's ayatollahs. We know the nuclear deal will release billions of dollars to the terrorist-sponsoring Iranian regime. We…