I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you, Chair Warren, for this important hearing.

We are looking at 9 feet of sea level rise in Rhode Island by the end of the century.

Can I ask you if a price on carbon emissions is a policy tool that would be helpful in achieving those goals?

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered…

It is a lose-lose all the way around if we do not have an agreement on a global minimum tax for corporations.

I object to the Senator's request for the reasons that I have previously stated. As the Senator from New York acknowledged, on July 2, President Biden announced that he ``strongly supports'' the recommendations put forth by Secretary…

I think it also requires us to regulate how private companies can provide this technology to law enforcement.

Sometimes we talk about these issues in terms of public policy, and it's good to be reminded this actually impacts people's lives in a very profound way.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for calling this very important hearing.

If that information is breached, it's a lot more problematic and more concerning than if your password is breached, because you can change your password, but you can't change, for the most part, you can't change your face.

Our infrastructure is stuck in the 1950s, and it doesn't have to be this way. It is long past time for America to bring our bridges, roads, public transit, and water infrastructure into the 21st century. The INVEST in America Act provides…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in support of the INVEST in America Act, which will help rebuild America's infrastructure. I especially rise today in strong support of my amendment and other disability…

I think it's safe to say that all of us were very upset when we read the reports detailing how in former President Trump's Administration the Department of Justice surveilled not only journalists, not only Members of Congress, including a…

We don't allow prior restraint in this country of the press. It should not be--

No facts underlying that assertion?

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both.

It is not just a First Estate concern, and it is really a self-regulation concern.