Mr. President, with my distinguished colleague from Utah here, I would just--before I get to my remarks--suggest that there may be an exception to his rule that when a piece of legislation is only sponsored by Members of one party it can't…

We are going to have to have a bit of a conversation about why 97.7 percent goes to inland and about 2.3 percent goes to coastal of that $1.72 billion.

Of your $1.72 billion, 97.7 percent will go inland. You do understand that part of the coastal damage that you are referring to, part of the climate risk that you referred to, is sea levels rising, worse coastal storms, and resulting…

I believe that President Biden has made two excellent choices, yourself and Governor Brainard.

I would hope that we could continue that type of progress, and I know you will be sensitive to that, going forward.

the issue of climate change is absolutely critical. It is an economic issue.

We can no longer go in an indefinite mode of waiting to find what will please our recalcitrant senators. At some point, when people are negotiating things, they need to put forward their position, something that they actually will agree to.

Mr. President, a year ago, thousands of supporters of then- President Donald Trump--marching under banners supporting secession, conspiracy theories, and White supremacy--violently stormed the U.S. Capitol and breached the Senate and House…

So far, it has been a very large array of trespassing and glorified trespassing prosecutions of people actually broke into the building. But it has not gone into the various rings that might have supported that or into the key fund-raisers…

There has to be a closure -- some form of closure.

That’s the thing that really hurts them.

Sweeping up low-level players, while ignoring the kingpins upstream, isn`t a full investigation.

It cannot be the case that two senators care more deeply about preserving Senate tradition than preserving our democracy, because they’ll preserve a filibuster in what kind of country?

We have to continue to demand that they pass the Voting Rights Act, the For the People Act, so that we can preserve the right for people in the country to vote and have the votes counted.

Donald Trump incited this insurrection. He want it to happen, he wanted electoral count to stop and watched as police officers were being attacked and maimed, 150 officers were hurt, five people died as result of the events of that day…

Mr. President. I rise today to honor one of our Nation's most distinguished and honorable military and diplomatic leaders, Colin Powell. Few American leaders have served their nation more, from combat overseas as a young officer to the…

Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to GEN Raymond Odierno, one of the greatest commanders of his, or any other, generation of American military leaders. Ray served the Army and the Nation with great distinction. He attended West…

Mr. President, the yeas and nays are requested. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.