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Instead of the majority's Green New Deal wish list, we ought to start with proven bipartisan issues.

I really appreciate you recognizing me, and I do appreciate the Chair holding this important hearing.

The right to clean energy is an unfair, regressive tax on residential customers.

I just want to respond to a couple things I heard. One is this tip of the iceberg idea that we are doing something beyond methane by doing this. Of course, that is not how it works around here. The laws are specifically written around what…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I am here to speak in favor of S.J. Res. 14, a resolution I co-led with Representatives DeGette and Lamb. We need to address methane emissions for several reasons, and today, I want to mention three…

Mr. President, I rise once again in support of Jen Easterly's nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, commonly referred to as CISA. Yesterday, I came to the floor to urge my colleagues to swiftly…

We know it is expensive to be poor in our country; that we live in a country with a system that continues to put profit before our people, and it must stop. In my home State of Michigan, communities that are more than a quarter Black and…

Madam President, I rise today in support of S. 1251, the Growing Climate Solutions Act. I first want to thank my partner in this landmark legislation, Senator Braun, and my partner and ranking member on the committee, Senator Boozman, for…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about how far our Nation has come in the past 6 months. Just for a moment, think back to where we were in January. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Americans were being diagnosed with COVID-19, and…

Mr. President, I have 8 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

I thank Mr. Phillips for his heartfelt words. In conclusion, Paul, as you can imagine, we, of course, had our schedule changed 12 different times today. There are many, many more of our colleagues who are submitting official notes for the…

Our Task Force has about 60 members because they are hearing from their residents about PFAS contamination.

The community has organized itself. There is an organization called Need Our Water. They deserve an awful lot of credit for bringing this subject to the attention of policymakers.

I thank my colleague, Congresswoman Slotkin, for organizing this tribute session to our friend and former colleague, Paul Mitchell. It is very symbolic of what it is like to be a member of the Michigan delegation. There are 14 of us--7…

I thank Mr. Walberg for those kind words. Paul, I hope you know the strength that we are sending you, all of us on both sides of the aisle. We feel it, we have been talking about you and Sherry and the kids constantly. And we hope that…

I am proud to join several of my colleagues tonight to recognize our former colleague, Mr. Paul Mitchell. Paul was recently diagnosed with cancer, and so many of us wanted to send our well-wishes that we decided the best way we could do it…

Mr. President, I rise today in support of two critical nominations: Jen Easterly's nomination to be the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency--commonly referred to as CISA--within the Department of Homeland…