I, for one, think it would be a better decision to decide what you are going to do, make what you do permanent.

I am very concerned about the cuts in conservation in this budget, as well as in crop insurance, so that is something that this Senate is taking a different approach on.

What Senator Portman and I are working on is a proposal that simplifies it, that makes it permanent.

Mr. President, you have to lead. You have to show a willingness to lead on this.

Let's get this done, and I don't think you will regret it.

I think Gina McCarthy understands that. And I think she will be a very good partner with us.

I'm proud to have authored the 'Toxic Community Right-to-Know Act,' which created the Toxic Release Inventory.

One of my top priorities is reforming America's broken toxic chemical laws.

The next EPA Administrator will also play an important role in our battle against climate change.

I look forward to supporting Gina McCarthy's nomination to be the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

It seems like if we did that here, on this issue, how to reform the FHA, we could put this panel together.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Equal Pay Day and call for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act. In my home State of Delaware, a full-time working woman is paid nearly $10,000 less than a man who works full time. That means women in…

I just thank you for the opportunity to welcome one of my friends from Delaware, Kevin Kelly, who is here on the panel today.

I believe credit unions now have over 5,000 pages of rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB, that you must understand, interpret, and comply with.

I share very strongly the views expressed by some of my colleagues that it was shameful that Caitlin Halligan, the nominee to the DC Circuit, was filibustered and denied a vote on the floor.

Every time the Senate holds up a nominee for partisan or political reasons, we lose not only the contributions of that candidate, but we make it harder to find talented individuals willing to serve.

I hope that my colleagues will join with me to show the American people the Senate is not broken and that regular order is capable of addressing the vacancy crisis on the DC Circuit.

As Chief Justice Roberts has said, "It is a tradition of the American Bar that goes back before the founding of our Nation that lawyers are not identified with the positions of their clients."