That is correct, I think perhaps boasting about it. He is saying: I have to do this for my State. But there is nothing he can gain for his State because the Corps of Engineers cannot move on these issues. They do not have the authority…

Absolutely. Mrs. McCASKILL. So what he is saying is, he is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to do something that is illegal, and if they refuse to do something that is illegal, he is going to refuse to allow a soldier's promotion to go…

I am happy to yield. But I do intend to make a unanimous consent request. I have not made it. So I would alert the folks who are here that I will be doing that momentarily. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri. Mrs. McCASKILL…

Madam President, let me say to my colleague from Louisiana, if he will stay in the Chamber--let the record note he has left the Chamber--there is no State, none that has received more help more consistently from this Chamber, from the…

Mr. President, I indicated yesterday, when I asked unanimous consent on a nomination, that I would be back on the floor today at 4:30. So following this vote I wanted to come to the floor to once again ask unanimous consent. I told my…

I would be happy to have the Senator from Delaware do his request. I would say, however, that the Senator from Louisiana was on the floor, and I would have hoped he would have stayed on the floor to object to something that deals with the…

I would like to personally thank you, Lieutenant General O'Reilly, for appearing before this subcommittee to discuss our nation's missile defense.

But, isn't it the case that the ballistic missile defense activities have been far more robust than the--any activities to defend against cruise missiles?

I know there'll be some disagreement on the START Treaty, and I've already seen some.

all of this costs a lot of money, and when any of us ever talk about the Federal budget deficit, that's--we also have to make the point that all of this ought to be paid for, year by year, one way or another, in a budgeting process.

I don't believe the START Treaty does that at all.

Madam President, let me again say the reasons that were clearly laid out were inappropriate reasons. The very specific project my colleague described as the problem--at least one of the problems--it turns out he would know, because he has…

I understand that reducing carbon emissions in a very significant way is important, but my concern is that we make sure that we have targets and timetables as well as the funding for the scientific inquiry.

the need for and amounts of financial support required to encourage the rapid development and deployment of CCS technology.

the successful deployment of CCS could reduce overall costs of reductions by up to 97%!

I want you to do it as quickly as we can, but I want you to do it right.

All of us want you to use this in a very significant way to develop the answers that we need.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, that was passed by Congress last year, included $100 million in funding that I secured for projects for the beneficial use of carbon.