climate change is real, it is happening.

I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

nearly 80 years ago, in Central New Mexico's Tularosa Basin, at a place we now call the Trinity Site, the world as we knew it changed. The Trinity test was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in human history, and the families who…

78 years ago, 4-year-old Anastacio was living in Tularosa, NM, a city 40 miles away from the Trinity test detonation site. Now, little Anastacio didn't know it at the time--none of the families there did--but the world they were living in…

I ask unanimous consent that Devon Gorbey, Wasem Gawish, Max Katz, Cynthia Bailey, Cliff Ho, Will Murray, Jon Yap, who are all fellows in my office, be granted privileges to the floor until January 2, 2025. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

We also passed legislation to address the manufacturing and science needs of this country through the CHIPS Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

As we begin Women's History Month, we must remember something historic that has happened to women and to women's freedoms. For 50 years, women enjoyed limited but certain reproductive freedoms. A Trump-packed Supreme Court overturned that…

I want to just take a moment here at the beginning to note that we attempted to invite several witnesses on our side of the aisle, but because of the behavior of some of the Members who are not present here this morning towards witnesses…

Addressing climate change, the integrity of our ecosystems, and the ability of our communities to use our natural resources in a sustainable manner is, of course, the work of this Committee.

It is not a partisan attack on the environment or our public lands, but an accounting system for making fair and appropriate decisions.

I hate these kinds of discourses because they mislead the American people.

Last Congress, we passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is the most significant climate bill to ever pass.

This weekend, Oppenheimer is expected to win multiple Oscars. In the film, we watched the pain and guilt in J.R. Oppenheimer's face when he heard what the atomic bomb did to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What the film didn't…

After I left the hearing, some of my majority colleagues mischaracterized my words by claiming that the minority-invited witness was unwilling to answer questions.

When we all are at the table, we can be more respective of each other.

I just ask my colleagues, and although Mr. Chairman is always very kind, he has his southern manners, to show proper respect to our witnesses who travel at great length and personal expense, including the Administration witnesses who come…

Thank you, President Harvier, for pointing out how much your tribe actually provides to carry out the functions that the Federal Government, in its trust responsibility, is supposed to be doing.

The flexibility that compacting provides and the flexibility within the IHS system, in terms of the multiple sources of revenue really makes a difference.