
Before the Clean Water Act, our Nation's waters were subject to indiscriminate pollution and destruction.
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Before the Clean Water Act, our Nation's waters were subject to indiscriminate pollution and destruction.

I think that is really important that we understand, and we dig a little deeper.

As a matter of science, we have heard that wetlands and more than a million miles of streams are inextricably linked to downstream water quality.

I understand and many Americans understand, you can't look at what has happened here to your mothers, your fathers, your grandparents, sons, daughters, children, even babies, and not scream out for justice. Justice must be done.

I rise today in support of the nomination of the Honorable Jennifer Hall to be our next district court judge for the District of Delaware. One of the very busiest dockets in the entire Nation, the District of Delaware handles a remarkable…

Based on the information we've seen to date, it appears as a result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza.

I can understand why this circumstance they wouldn't meet. I can understand that.

I agreed to allow about 20 -- up to 20 was the president's phrasing -- humanitarian trucks into Gaza.

the U.S. will be giving $100 million for humanitarian assistance and that Israel has agreed to allow food, water, medicine, through the Rafah Gate -- through the Rafah Border Crossing into southern Gaza

I also disagree that Sackett means we have lost a lot of authority.

He agreed that what he would do is open the gate to do two things. One, let up to 20 trucks through to begin with.

I know we can't pass laws to tell water how to flow.

I think we have been locked in a bit of a cycle and not thinking as creatively as we can in the rulemaking process.

I feel very strongly that we need to value the science.

I ask that I be permitted to complete my comments before we proceed to the next vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Through Sackett, the Supreme Court has weakened one of our bedrock environmental laws, and harms will be felt nationwide.

I happen to support strongly, don't fill the void left by the Sackett decision?