Stop saying nothing in this legislation would change anything. That is a lie. That is not true. It will save lives.

Spare me the bullshit about constitutional rights.

Mr. President, I was unavoidably absent for rollcall vote No. 200, the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 857, Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Had I been present, I would have…

I do not want to keep the distinguished Senator from Maine on the floor any longer than we have to, so I am going to move rapidly to the unanimous consent motion. But I do want to tell the Senator that I am actually rather sympathetic to…

Madam President, let me just say I hope we can find a way to move forward. Ms. Bavishi is needed to fill a very important position. Those of us in coastal States know the problem with Oceans and Atmosphere is profound. Perhaps my favorite…

Mr. President, for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the RECORDS on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

The American Petroleum Institute has said it supports regulation of methane emissions, correct?

Well, I beg to differ. But for that reason, I very much hope you will exceed.

You don`t have to undo the filibuster to find ways around the filibuster and prevent Mitch McConnell from using it as a tool of minority special interest rule.

If Democrats had 11 more senators, you could pass gun reform.

The reason Republicans are willing to be put on record voting against sensible gun laws that will protect children from being massacred in their schools is because of the power of the NRA.

You change that and everything changes.

We are 16 months into this Administration and what is widely believed to be a world climate crisis caused by carbon emissions.

It will be worse than the 2008 mortgage meltdown and pretty much everybody in the financial sector is talking about what happens when the carbon bubble bursts.

We have cars and light trucks with a final rule that for the overlapping years is less strong than the Obama-era standard.

There is no question that Cummins has benefited because of environmental regulations. Regulations should be tough, because climate change is a tough problem to solve and requires us to find new technologies and new ways of operating.

I really, really want EPA to enforce pollution standards in upwind States, because they have a demonstrated record of not caring.

I don't subscribe to the formulation that you should not do anything because of that.