Mr. President, there doesn't seem to be anybody else here, so I will make one comment about amendments coming up that are closely related to the subject we just discussed. It is Sanders amendment No. 4318. I knew this would happen--that…

the CERP is an 'absolutely critical and flexible counterinsurgency tool' and '[we] do not judge at this point that the language needs to be changed.'

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak in morning business for such time as I consume. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Thank you, Madam President. I said: If we were to pass this, any of these cap-and-trade bills, or if we were to do this through the Clean Air Act through the Environmental Protection Agency, how much would that reduce the worldwide…

That is kind of interesting because I have probably talked on this subject over the last 7 years for 200 or 300 hours, and I never had any trouble before getting time. It lets you know there is an awakening in the people who are looking at…

Madam President, it is my understanding I have 13 minutes. I would like to have the Acting President pro tempore tell me when I have 1 minute left. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Of course.

I ask unanimous consent that my letter to Senator McConnell dated June 9, 2010, be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, June 9…

Mr. President, I yield back and thank the Senator from Alaska for the time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia is recognized for 10 minutes.

Mr. President, I have listened to a great deal of the debate. I have heard it claimed that the EPA has scientists; that none of us are--except that is not accurate. There are about four or five trained scientists in the Senate, and I…

I want to read you some quotes of the Justice, and then I want to read you the answers she gave to my queries during her hearing on the Judiciary Committee. I think it is going to be plain to see that we have to change what we are doing on…

Mr. President, I send to the desk to have printed in the Record a letter I sent to Justice Sonia Sotomayor dated the day before yesterday. The reason for that concern is our Supreme Court process has broken down. There being no objection…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Foreign Law and the U.S. Constitution

If we get it wrong, we can set back this Nation's energy future for decades.

The President's active drilling suspension alone will result in the loss of 3,000 to 6,000 Louisiana jobs in the next few weeks.

How would cap and trade, a massive energy tax on consumers, stop the spill?

If the liability cap is increased to levels we understand are now under consideration, in our view only the major oil companies and the NOCs would be in a position to do this.

If you stop the drilling, stop our ability to produce and export our own resources, we are going to have to be reliant upon foreign countries.

We do have a lot of people right now who are trying to use this very tragic situation to advance their own agendas.