This is a big problem. And obviously, the President is going to continue to do what he does. But the enablers and people in Congress need to stop.

It is an interesting thing, because half of the kids are going to be lifted out of poverty, but 90 percent of America's kids are going to benefit from this.

Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer has said the difference between the last few years on this issue and now is that we now have a Democratic majority leader of the Senate which means he’s in charge of the Senate calendar. He has promised…

I couldn’t agree with him more, it’s time to end the filibuster.

The wound will heal but the scar will always be there. My daughter’s generation will always bear the burden of a national government that did nothing to protect them. The Senate needs to act. There’s nobody else to act.

I think recognition that nuclear is one of the central ways we can cost-effectively, reliably, and resiliently reduce greenhouse gas emissions

it is hard to believe that I am on this floor again after losing 10 more people, this time in Boulder, CO, to another horrible mass shooting in our State. I am sure the Presiding Officer doesn't remember that last week, after the events in…

one of the great challenges of developing new nuclear energy assets beyond the cost is the fear

I think this is an opportunity where we can really push back on that.

I could not agree more and I do appreciate--I am not sure which one of you mentioned the Colorado School of Mines, but I know a couple of the kids out there that are really engaged in studying the future of nuclear power.

There’s no excuse for us not to take action. Obviously, the entrenched interest of, fought tooth and nail against this, such efforts year after year, but I am hopeful that we’ll finally be able to make meaningful progress this year with…

The U.S. should play a leading role in urging our partners and allies to take steps to cut off funding for the military.

I look forward to partnering with Senator Romney and the rest of our colleagues on the Subcommittee as we tackle these challenges.

I applaud their attention to this crisis.

This is a big step and I thank the Administration for taking it.

For decades, corporations have used overseas tax havens to avoid their share of taxes, which has shifted an ever-larger share of the tax burden onto working-class and middle-class Americans.

It is so disappointing and yet emblematic of the approach that the senator you mentioned and others have taken in years past when we had tragedy after tragedy happened in our country. And it’s clear to me, I think it’s clear to you, I…

At the end of the day, empirical evidence shows that the bills that had been proposed thus far in Congress, like universal background checks, closing the Charleston loophole, and an assault weapon ban reinstating the ban as you know, that…