I think the better the system gets and more reliable, the less frequently it needs to be tested.

Is there anything that you can suggest from a federal policy standpoint that might help level the playing field for those who are taking on significant important jobs?

Programs offered in communities such as A Matter of Balance, as you mentioned, Senator Collins, and tai chi can reduce falls by as much as fifty-five percent.

Thank you to Senator Collins and Senator Casey for sponsoring the 2017 Senate resolution.

I believe we should increase the funding for the Social Security Administration so that you have the resources that you need to make sure that our seniors get the benefits that they have earned.

I think they're wrong.

For 3 years, I have waited for the moment here where I want to commend my colleagues in the Senate, the majority party, for exposing the fallacious argument that you can hold hostage unrelated bills before you pass spending bills. Frankly…

We are very proud of the energy part that we play in this great nation.

I supported the recent Department of Energy grid study and its subsequent proposal by FERC rulemaking.

Coal needs to have a place in this energy mix.

Yes, I am not worried about oil.

I want to thank Chairman Murkowski. Thank you so much and my dear friend, Ranking Member Cantwell, for allowing me to have this opportunity, but also for this hearing.

New England does not seem to have the appetite to permit the pipeline.

We have a natural resource in my home state and region we would love to be selling our natural gas in this country.

I have been vocal about ensuring the reliability and resilience of our grid for some years, particularly since the Polar Vortex of 2014.

late last night this body voted on the fourth short-term continuing resolution for fiscal year 2018. That means we are already into this by 3 or 4 months. I voted for the continuing resolution last night because I refuse to support a…

As you just heard from the previous speaker and you read often in the press about a potential government shutdown, let me just tell you how this works. The House passes a bill, then the Senate considers a bill. In the Senate, you either…

I thank the gentlewoman for bringing this important bill to the floor. We have heard it mentioned that, in 2002, in a bipartisan way, we already have law that a baby born alive, at any stage of gestation, any weeks of life, born alive, it…