If we're really serious about tackling climate change we have to make smarter decisions about where and to what extent we use, particularly public resources, too.

I also am very cognizant of the fact that we have climate change... the vast majority of known fossil fuel reserves need to actually remain in the ground if we want to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

I actually was at the Canadian Embassy last night with the premier of Ontario and talking about some of their funding.

Mr. President, today marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the forced exit of many members of the Hmong community from Laos following the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. Tens of thousands of the Hmong came to my State of…

We are disappointed that Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, declined an invitation to join us this morning.

I fully support the resolution and urge its passage.

the nation of Vietnam has made tremendous strides in the cause of human rights, from what we observed, and that should not be lost in this conversation.

I encourage my colleagues to avoid political distractions that would merely shift the focus away from these unique, vulnerable children.

How can it be that this school has not been on the list for replacement? How can that be?

But you can't be well educated, in my opinion, when you are attending school wearing your coat and wearing your mittens and hoping that the blanket keeps out the 30-degree-below-zero air.

Every child in every school should receive an excellent education.

There is no way to get that education and to learn under those conditions.

Could I just ask you one more question about something I raised at the beginning, and that is speculative trading's effect on the commodities market, notably gas, oil, wheat in the past.

Well, when we talk about those resources, and I am sure you are concerned about budget proposals that would erode your resources even more.

I also have been focused on the issue which I know the Chairman asked about of the end-users and this differentiation between people who are in the financial sector and then people who actually are end-users, like farmers and rural energy…

I was glad, with Senator Murkowski, in the education bill to get language immersion funds to you.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of National Police Week, when we remember the sacrifice of our Nation's law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. This year's commemoration falls during a time of heightened tension between our…

There is a role for Congress to play in supporting an increase in funding for the type of programs that provide indigent defendants.