We cannot continue the progress that has been made in the Chesapeake Bay.

I am very proud of the fact that I am the first Maryland Senator to serve on this Committee since back in 1922.

Do you agree with the concept that shareholders, those that actually own the wealth of corporations, should be able to access information regarding a company's political spending decisions?

As more and more companies begin to recognize this information is material to shareholders, do you agree that a standardized disclosure regime would provide shareholders with access to clear and comparable disclosures?

Given the record support for this rulemaking petition, I am concerned that the SEC has been too dismissive of the comments from investors and members of the public regarding an issue that goes to the core of the SEC's mission.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Jayapal for her leadership on this Special Order. I think the message is getting through to the American people: 24 million of us are about to lose health care if this legislation goes through. In my home…

Mr. President, last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration clarified employers' continuing duty to keep records of work-related injuries and illnesses. Today the congressional majority is using the Congressional Review Act…

But to know that legislation, which does not cost the American people one penny, could be passed to feed 5 million more people a day, and we are sitting here with 70 million people starving today, to me, is unbelievable.

Mr. President, I oppose this outrageous resolution, which would overturn a Fish and Wildlife Service ecosystem management rule for the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. This resolution is a cruel measure that has horrified many of my…

If we want to save the needs for humanitarian assistance, let's deal with the root causes.

The tragedy is even made worse because political leaders in these countries are denying humanitarian access.

It is also so disheartening to know that we have leaders around the world that would deny aid to their own people.

thankfully, the United States of America, generally speaking, has played a leading role.

If the United States did everything I wanted to do, and the international community did everything that they should do, we would still need you because of the credibility you have in the community and your ability to provide frontline help…

Let me just compliment Senator Young on that line of questioning. I understand the confidentiality and the trust issues, but this is violation of international protocols, and I do think we need to document.

Yemen, we do need a diplomatic surge. The United States plays a critical role in Yemen.

The President's budget cuts the funding in that program, I do not know the exact number, but I am told it could be as high as 36 percent, maybe 28 percent.

I do not believe we will pass the President's budget. I think Democrats and Republicans will reject the deep cuts that have been suggested in the State Department.