I would urge you to move our legislation as soon as possible as a short-term solution.

I couldn't believe the number of pharmacists, and also doctors and patient groups, that came to our office seeking help.

It's something that experts are seeing as an unprecedented shortage in drugs, forcing some patients to delay their treatments.

Mr. President, I rise today to address an alarming trend that I see in our national discourse. As legislators, our decisions need to be rooted in facts. Science driven by data and rigorous analysis needs to inform our policymaking…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Whitehouse and I be permitted to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I want to take this opportunity to honor the 125th Anniversary of the incorporation of Golden Valley, MN. As a child growing up in St. Louis Park, I have many fond memories of time spent in my neighboring town to the north…

I take that back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware. ____________________

Mr. President, I thank Senator Whitehouse for his leadership. Algal--by the way, algal is the pronunciation of this. Algal energy is amazing. We are fueling jet fighters with jet fuel made from algae. Both the President and Energy…

OK. Well, the Pope--I mean, didn't the Catholic Church go after Galileo? Look, between the science supporting climate change and the reality of the dangers that climate change brings, we have to ramp up our efforts to master this…

There are folks who get the cost of inaction, and that includes the Department of Defense. In its 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review--or QDR--the DOD identified climate and energy as among the major national security challenges that America…

I am glad the Senator brings up the phony-baloney doubt, especially with this extreme weather we have been experiencing. Some of my colleagues on the other side have pointed to the extreme snowstorms--at least one of my colleagues has--in…

Explain why the bark beetle is doing this. What is happening and how does that relates to climate change?

Now, let's make a distinction between people who are climate skeptics and people who are climate deniers. This is kind of an important distinction. There is nothing wrong with skepticism. In fact, we love skeptics. Scientists are, by…

OK. The conservative media--remember, this doubt is amplified in the conservative echo chamber, talk radio, et cetera. You know what it is, the Wall Street Journal editorial page, Fox News, et cetera. Conservative media pounced, taking…

I thank my colleague for bringing this up. Let's talk about that. This is the leak of thousands of e-mails from scientists at the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit back in 2009. It was done right before the Copenhagen…

As you know, prescription drug shortages are affecting the care that patients in Minnesota and across the Nation receive, and in some cases it is truly a matter of life and death, as Senator Kirk so personally discussed.

I am proud to participate in a bipartisan working group of members of this committee that is looking at legislative proposals to address these critical shortages, and I am a co-sponsor of the legislation introduced by Senators Klobuchar…

This is actually an interesting area. There is a well- established link between the scientists who have worked for think tanks such as George C. Marshall Institute, Heartland Institute, and other foundations, which were funded at first by…