Mr. President, when you are home and the television is on, the phone starts to ring, your dog is at the back door barking, and the kids need help doing their homework, occasionally you can forget that dinner is on the stove, but if you…

Watching isn't actually engaging. We are going to speed this process up of the amount of electricity hitting our grid going backwards at a very alarming rate.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar Nos. 387, 388, 390, 391, and all nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, and Navy; that the nominations be confirmed en…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned immediately following the resumption of legislative session upon disposition of the Smith nomination. The PRESIDING…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 1; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1698) was ordered to be…

Mr. President, as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 322, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

Mr. President, as in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 139, S. 1698. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk…

Thank you, Madam President. It is my intention to ask to set aside the pending amendment for the purpose of considering the Inhofe amendment No. 2820, and I want to explain what this is. Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to leave the bill for a couple of minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

Madam President, I spent some time on the floor a few minutes ago explaining an amendment that I have. It is amendment No. 2820, as modified. The modification is at the desk. It is one of those things where there is no opposition at all…

So how expensive is that software? Is that millions of dollars to be able to purchase software like that?

So you are bailing water at this point on a ship that is taking on a lot of water, and you are bailing basically for staying afloat.

Senator, to me, there is a risk associated with bringing anybody in from the outside, but especially from a conflict zone like that. My concern there is that there are certain gaps, I do not want to talk about publicly, in the data that is…

This is a dark spot in our country that we have to be able to both shine light on and to be able to deal with in the days ahead.

But at the same time what is the point of more regulations if you can't enforce it.

Good, as they should be in this area especially.