If EPA thinks that this action is acceptable as compliance, they are crazy.

EPA had not requested consultation on the rule for existing power plants.

It is still hypocritical for agencies like EPA to expect everyday Americans to follow the regulations while they are able to evade them.

Why isn't this a treaty? And as a treaty, why isn't it subject to advice and consent with two-thirds of the Senate concurring?

why on earth didn't we insist as a condition precedent to getting any deal at all that Iran, for the love of God, cease and desist from its terrorist ambitions.

one of the reasons why we are so concerned about Iran getting nuclear weapons has to do with the fact that this is a roguish state, a state that has made not only threats, but taken aggressive actions toward the United States and her…

Again, I appreciate the gentlewoman's comments and agree that this is a place where we can come together and work together. This 15-member commission would be directed to determine the best structure for information that is collected and…

We need to try that. I realize we have had a lot of conversation about Forest Service, but BLM has the same situation.

I rise today to address the Senate in my capacity as President pro tempore. I hope my colleagues will give attention to what I am about to say and will take it to heart because I speak from the heart out of respect for my colleagues and…

in January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union Address as World War II was underway in Europe. Even in that dark time, President Roosevelt reminded us all of what he called ``the simple, basic things that…

after last night's cloture vote, we are one step closer to providing a long-term solution for the shortfalls in the highway trust fund. Soon we will begin debate on legislation that will provide more clarity and certainty to our States and…

This has not been an easy thing to do, and she has taken some unnecessary and unjust criticism for trying to do the art of the doable here in the Senate. I just want to tell her it has been a privilege to work with her, and I want to make…

I will be happy to withhold. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). The Senator from California.

From that point on we found ways of coming together and getting things done that are monumental and landmark pieces of legislation. There is no reason why we can't do that today. Let me just mention that on the Committee on Finance we have…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thune). Without objection, it is so ordered.

throughout the history of the Republic, certain decisive moments have fundamentally altered the national security of the United States. For good or for ill, these moments have defined eras of time and changed the course of history. These…

I believe you are a fine nominee and I feel confident that you are qualified to complete all the tasks that lie ahead.

Today I rise to celebrate Piute County's 150th birthday. Piute County was formed in January 1865, after a year of hard work by entrepreneurial Mormon pioneers. Press reported that in only 1 year the settlers had built more than 4 miles of…