Well, I look forward to working with you on either finding an avenue where we can put either a cap or an exemption in place for these fees that disproportionately affect places like Hawaii and Alaska.

I want to express a concern. Obviously we are very familiar with the tourism-based economy that relies heavily on air traffic.

I figure--you know what? Each one that we help to get on in a positive way with their lives, that is worth doing.

Certainly, increasing access to VA benefits, cutting or eliminating the backlog to claims, ending homelessness, the mental health issues, the suicide rates--these are all areas that we have bipartisan support on the Committee.

I am rising today in strong support of the Hire More Heroes Act introduced by my friend, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis). When he first came to me with this idea, it was a no-brainer that I would want to support this effort…

I think it is really important to focus on the issue of veteran homelessness.

What very much impressed me was that this was a situation where the veterans that were homeless are in transitional housing.

as you have heard here tonight, climate change is real, it is caused by humans, it is happening now, it is solvable, and it is time for Congress to wake up and take action. I want to talk now about an important sector of the U.S. economy…

I ask the Senator, what does that mean as a practical matter for the fisheries industry, for people who like to eat fish? What is the impact of ocean acidification? Because the Senator has, in very plain language, explained the science of…

I thank the Senator from New Jersey and the Senator from New Mexico for such an energetic discussion at this earlier or late hour, depending on how you define it. It is nearing bedtime in my home State, but for the rest of us across the…

One of the things I would like to add is a specific technology that is happening that is trying to be developed in the State of Hawaii and which is a perfect example of the kind of partnership between the clean-energy industry and some of…

I ask unanimous consent that we be given permission to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Booker). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I would like to address some of the tropes that our climate deniers tend to use. I will go through a couple of those before our great senior Senator from the great State of Oregon gives his remarks. The first trope is: It is not warming…

I wish to speak a little bit about how I believe taking action on climate is consistent with conservative principles. My understanding of conservative principles--and I am a progressive--but my understanding of conservative principles is…

I would just add there is another motivation that I think will come to bear among all of our colleagues. Actually, the Presiding Officer spoke passionately along these lines, and that is our conscience. There is no doubt there are people…

Well, it is really important to dwell on the question of what is happening to our oceans, not just because it is critically important but because I think that because it is more difficult to see it does not get enough attention. What is…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island. I am going to talk about something that I think is astonishing. The Senator from New Mexico earlier talked about this, but this is mind- boggling to me, and it may be a surprise that the Senator from…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island. I would like to offer a personal story from a young lady in Hawaii because I think it is very important to think of this in generational terms. Her name is Kara Tanaka, and she is a senior at a school…