Could we not just say, if you want to have somebody who is really experienced out in the field, he would make a good instructor, in order to induce him or her to come and be an instructor, pay them a stipend.

What concerns have been raised about--well, let us just go back.

I think we are going to wrap it up here. I think we are just about to start some votes over in the Senate.

What I have come to understand is that what happens along our borders is only a symptom of the problem.

Mr. President, in my home State of Delaware today we have a problem. Just this week the critical I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington--which carries more than 90,000 drivers each and every day, north and south on this…

Mr. President, while Senator McConnell is still here in the Senate Chamber, I wish to follow up on his comments about the loss of Christopher Stout. My wife and I have a son of our own named Christopher. He is roughly 10 years younger than…

I am a firm believer that climate change is occurring and humans are the primary drivers of it because of our carbon pollution.

The devastating consequences of climate change are too great for any of us to sit on the sidelines.

The Port of Wilmington is not just important for the State of Delaware, where it serves as a key economic engine in New Castle County.

It is important, because our focus as a Congress cannot solely be on security, but also on maintaining and enhancing our economic competitiveness.

As the former Governor of Delaware and someone who was ultimately responsible for running a major port, the city of Wilmington owned and ran that Port of Wilmington for many years.

But, we should not and we cannot stop here.

We want to take a look at the current state of port security in these United States of America.

It is critically important that we strike the right balance.

Let us just see if there is any consensus on the metrics that we are using, how do we measure success.

So, protecting our ports, safeguarding our economic opportunity, is a responsibility that we take very seriously.

Without nuclear energy those goals will be nearly impossible to achieve.

I applaud the EPA's new Clean Power Plan to cut carbon emissions from the nation's existing power plants by 30 percent by 2030.