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Not every coastal community has that capacity.

Mr. President, I have four requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:20 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 10 a.m…

Mr. President, before I start my planned remarks, let me thank Senator Portman for his remarks and all his effort. There is considerable bipartisan consensus about the need for support of Ukraine's efforts. The mantle of freedom in the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of…

Mr. President, we revert now to the closing script, and I will ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate consider the follow nominations en bloc: Calendar Nos. 921, 1101, 1102, 1040, and 1042; that the Senate vote on…

For the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes starting at 11:30 a.m., with additional votes possible later in the day. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions, introduced earlier today: S. Res. 759, S. Res. 760, and S. Res. 761. There being no objection, the Senate…

I further ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 762, which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant…

Madam Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 421.

The other thing I want to work with you on is low carbon transportation materials.

An evacuation route from a flood that is itself flooded is not a very good situation.

If you are New York City, you can take care of yourself, or you are Boston, you can take care of yourself.

There is a part of Warwick called Warwick Neck that is going to become Warwick Neck Island.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The resolutions (S. Res. 759, S. Res. 760…

Mr. President, I will proceed with my trusty, battered ``Time to Wake Up'' chart and my--I don't know--280-something speech. For once, I can start with some good news, which is that the Democrats, at last, passed a climate-focused…

But for many years, particularly from 2001 to 2019, the TVA paid a group called the Utility Air Regulatory Group, which was an anti-climate industry lobbying group that opposed clean air regulations, opposed climate legislation, climate…