I appreciate Mr. Kucinich from Ohio's comments on the issues of how we need to look at how we are treating the environment. And as we are into day 51 of this crisis in the gulf, Congress has begun to have hearings, the House and the…

The prior speaker indicated that the President has pulled together a task force for a national ocean policy and is looking for public input. I think we know what that public input is. It's, Mr. President, tell the American people how this…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2010, in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

I am amazed and disheartened by congressional Republicans' attempts to reinstitute the same flawed policies that created the economic crisis we find ourselves in today. Congressional Republicans are determined to abandon Americans who have…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I rise in support of the resolution, June 8 as World Ocean Day. But for the past 50 days, and for the next 6 months at least, every other day is going to be ``ruin our oceans day.'' We like to think…

Mr. President, half of heart-related deaths in the United States are caused by a hard-to-diagnose condition called sudden cardiac arrest, SCA. Different from a heart attack, SCAs are caused by an electrical problem in the heart that, once…

When it is available tomorrow, it is the majority leader's intention to ask the Chair to lay down the House message with respect to H.R. 4213, the tax extenders legislation. Rollcall votes are expected to occur throughout the day in…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 512 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:44 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 8; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING…

All of us have just come back to the Senate after a Memorial Day work period, where most of us were traveling our States, meeting with people. I was in Toledo, Youngstown, Cleveland, and around much of my State. While we have seen signs of…

I want to thank Ranking Member McKeon and also our chair, Mr. Skelton, and the chair, Mr. Langevin, of our Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. I support the committee-passed version of H.R. 5136, and particularly by the way that it…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 380, noes 0, answered ``present'' 36, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll…

The theologian Thomas Barry wrote that the great work of our lives is to reconcile with nature, to come to establish a communion with every living species on the planet--with all humans, all animals and plants, with the land, the air, and…

The people of Ukraine have been struggling to achieve a fair, independent, and strong democracy since the oppressive Soviet yoke was shed in 1991, but recent events in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporozhia have raised alarm. A…

We are now in the 36th day of a man-made environmental disaster which is fast becoming an ecological apocalypse for countless species of marine life. The ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico cannot survive wave and wave of toxic substances…