Madam President, this is the second shot that has been taken this afternoon at the international climate fund by our friends on the other side. America is a great and powerful nation, and it is usually good for great and powerful nations…

Mr. President, this is my 283rd travel to the Senate floor to ask that we wake up to the threat of climate change--an issue that demands, right now, American leadership. Over the recent recess, I traveled to parts of the world where…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled vote: I for up to 15 minutes, Senator Murray for up to 5 minutes, Senator Thune for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I think people around the country are justifiably, extremely upset and frightened by what this court has done.

The Supreme Court justices are the only federal judges in the entire system who are not subject to the code of ethics. They hold themselves above it and they believe that each can be judged in his or her own cause of their own ethics.

Yes, that`s really become performance theater. And it`s getting a little bit sickening because they all come in and they all say the same solemn statements about how much they care about precedent and how serious they are about stare…

I was pleased to see the President included it in the '23 budget EPA's State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Program.

Environmental justice is a critical issue.

we have to be able to reach down to the lowest... and also don't assume that the big water systems know what they are doing either

And is it true that oil companies aren't using roughly 75 percent of their offshore Federal leases?

Is it true that there are more than 20 million acres of unused Federal leases, 12 million onshore, and 8 million offshore?

I am convinced they are going to need more resources.

Is it true that oil companies aren't using roughly half of their onshore Federal leases?

Is it true that in the first year the Biden administration would produce more oil from Federal lands onshore and offshore than in any year in history?

I would ask your attention to. The BOEM released the Draft Fisheries Mitigation Guidance last month, but I think much more should be done.

Is it true that oil companies have nearly 9,000 approved but unused drilling permits?

We are generating power now for the entire island of Block Island, and actually the excess power is going into the state grid.

We all understand that we were in a mental health crisis in the country.