The Biden Administration has already declared war on American energy and American energy workers.

If confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Energy, Mr. Turk is going to play a critical role in our nation's energy agenda.

We meet today to consider the nomination of David M. Turk to be the Deputy Secretary of Energy.

Energy is essential to all of us.

All too often, international climate efforts, such as the Paris Climate Agreement are designed to give other countries an advantage over ours.

today I rise to speak on a couple of topics, but first, I want to take this opportunity to thank really an icon in our State, and that is West Virginia State Senate Pro Tempore Donna Boley. She is a good friend of mine, and she is now in…

Neera Tanden will withdraw her nomination.

Well, in this it does matter. Because there is a great emphasis in this Administration on environmental justice and equity.

I said Secretary Regan is the type of person I would like to see leading a Federal agency.

I would commit to you that if there are reasons to be in West Virginia, I will gladly come to West Virginia.

Jesus Christ, what don’t you understand about never?

I think this really came down to Senator Joe Manchin, who is very concerned about budgets.

I introduced a bipartisan bill in February, the COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act, which would require you as the Secretary of Labor to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to requires mine operators to protect their workers from…

I will talk a little bit about some concerns and, generally, about the sanctity of human life and the unborn. I rise today in memory of the over 60 million babies who have been killed through abortion since the Supreme Court's disastrous…

Now I am going to change topics to something that is not talked about enough in this Congress, and that is spending. We talk a lot about these bills and how much we are going to spend on this group and spend on that group, and we are going…

Federal debt has increased sharply. I have this beautiful chart here starting in 1790, the first budget in our country right after the Revolutionary War, and you can see the national debt. This is done in a fair way. It is debt to the…

first, I ask unanimous consent that upon the disposition of the Granholm nomination, the Senate resume consideration of the Cardona nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

first of all, I am delighted to speak today on the nomination of Jennifer Granholm to be Secretary of Energy. I have known Jennifer since we were Governors together more than a decade ago. She served two terms as Governor of Michigan from…