we passed just at the end of last month a moratorium on any construction in both the Tiber Watershed and the Plumtree Watershed.

We were able to preserve it in this tax debate, and that wasn't a certainty.

I think that's one we can move forward with, and there's great interest on the historic tax credits.

Well, let me thank all four of you for really putting a lot behind this issue, more than just the individual properties. It's about the history, it's about the future, it's about a community.

Mr. President, I rise to express my disappointment that my Republican colleagues are not making better use of our legislative days in August. We could be working together to pass strong bipartisan bills that secure our elections and punish…

I have significant concerns about the changes being suggested with regard to the 401 waiver from the States.

I would ask consent, if I might, to put into the record, a letter from the Attorney General of Maryland, Brian Frosh.

A lot of good things have happened during the certification process. Again, I do not think anyone is questioning the continuation of the dam; it is critically important for energy.

Mr. President, our Nation mourns the loss of one of California's greatest civil rights leaders, whose nearly three decades in Congress and many more years in public service helped to shape the lives of countless individuals both at home…

Now we have a piece of legislation that wants to take away authority from States when it comes to making some of these decisions.

this legislation will have a negative impact in many other scenarios.

As I read this, it would also take away the authority of a State to tie permitting for a dam project, for example, to the impact on sediment flows.

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Florida, and I thank him not only for his leadership on the specific issue that was in the Defense authorization bill regarding ZTE but also for his leadership on the broader issue of protecting…

Mr. President, I wish to enter into a colloquy with Senators Crapo and Brown. The integrity of our elections is a vital national security interest. It is imperative that our elections infrastructure--the technology and services needed to…

Mr. President, the plan had been for me to join with the Senator from Florida, now the Presiding Officer, to address our concerns in two areas. One has to do with the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE and the threat that it poses to…

There is no question that the FBI needs additional space, and more modern space.

I don't consider that to be a conflict, so you can do whatever you want to to protect our Bay.

There was acknowledgment of the extreme waste of government funds in the process that has been used.