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I rise with 29 of my colleagues with a simple message for Congress and for our Nation: Climate change is real; climate change is caused by humans; and climate change is solvable. We will not rest until Congress wakes up and acts on the…
If the Senator from California wanted to go for another 2 or 3 minutes, I could give remarks for about 10, and then the senior Senator from Oregon has remarks to give as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
If I may, the Senator from Rhode Island has elucidated the problem with respect to climate change deniers. I wish to read a few quotes from Members of Congress, unfortunately. They would be funny if they weren't so alarming. These are…
I would hope. Global warming is a total fraud, and it is being designed because what you have got is you have got liberals who get elected at the local levels, want State government to do the work and let them make the decisions. Then at…
I think the Senator is exactly right. In some ways that is a more dangerous argument than some of the other denier arguments, because it sounds like science. It is not, but it sounds like science. But the most recent, and in my view most…
I thank the Senator from Rhode Island and the Senator from New Jersey for engaging in such an energetic dialogue about these issues. Allow me to brag about Hawaii a little bit. I would like to speak about the incredible work Hawaii has…
I thank the Senator from Delaware for his powerful words and his participation in this great debate. There is plenty of room for a robust discussion about what set of choices we need to make in order to deal with this very real challenge…
I wish to ask the Senator from Rhode Island to give us a little bit of context. The Presiding Officer and I are new to the Senate. I think it is important to understand tonight in context. From my perspective, having 30 Senators on the…
I thank the Senator. Although the tea party is in the State of Hawaii, they are not as strong there as they are in other places across the country. We do have a strong strain of conservatives across the State of Hawaii who want to get off…
nearly 4 months ago the most powerful storm on record struck the Philippines, killing 6,000 people and injuring 27,000 people. According to USAID, more than 4 million people were displaced, and one out of six people in the country was…
I thank Senator Sessions very much for his agreement regarding the concerns we have for our friends in the Philippines, and I look forward to working with the Senator to come up with a measure that will accomplish what my bill seeks to…
I rise today in support of the Military Justice Improvement Act. I commend Senator Gillibrand for her outstanding work on this effort and all the survivors of sexual assault in the military who have courageously worked with us on this…
Thank you very much. Very briefly, the amendment on page 3 directly relates to adding 'regarding civil and political rights'...
I have found that the Asia-Pacific Center for Strategic Studies (APCSS) is an outstanding institution bringing together a diverse group of outstanding faculty and students to discuss, debate, and learn from each other.
I am also concerned that if a solution is not identified and implemented relatively quickly, the Army could be forced to settle for off-post housing that are not safe for our families.
I'm glad to hear that because I have certainly seen firsthand how, for example, modernizing of a shipyard really enables for better efficiency.
Secretary Hagel, with the Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative (OGSI) investment of $26 billion, there are a variety of opportunities...