Mr. President, I yield back the remaining time on our side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has been yielded back. Cloture Motion Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will…

Absolutely no one wants to see Federal money provide an excuse for redirecting other funding to wealthy, well-connected school districts.

Mr. President, let me thank the chairman for her consideration. I rise in support of the Zika supplemental amendment offered by Senators Murray and Blunt, as well as the amendment offered by Senator Nelson. The threat of the Zika virus is…

Mr. President, I have a parliamentary inquiry: How much time do we have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the Senator from Maine has zero time remaining.

Absolutely no one wants to see Federal money come in and provide an excuse to send other funding into wealthier, well-connected school districts and have title I fill the gap.

I am concerned about the supplement, not supplant issue.

ESSA is a relief to many, especially in Rhode Island. Everyone who I've talked to is very excited about this bipartisan bill and the opportunities it presents.

I am very pleased that ESSA steps away from that one-size-fits-all, overly prescriptive posture.

I just wanted to put in a word of appreciation for the Senators Chafee, father and son, who championed this brownfield legislation for so many years.

Mr. President, I thank the chairman for giving me this time at the end of the day and congratulate her on the progress that has been made with my senior Senator, Jack Reed, on this bill. This is the 137th time that I have addressed this…

Mr. President, it is time not just for us to wake up but for the good guys to show up. Fossil fuel folks for years outright denied climate change and happily funded their array of denial front groups. That failed the tests of truth and…

We do not believe the revised bill will have any major detrimental impact on public safety and transparency.

I just wanted to thank you and Senator Crapo and Senator Booker for the original work that moved us along.

So this could come home to roost in Alaskan salmon or other fish?

the false advantage of not having an effective water management system in your country so that you dump millions of tons of plastic into the world's oceans, and that makes your products cheaper compared to a competing American product

But I think it is also important that we understand the scale of this problem as well.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We got away with being the Ocean State by being among the first 13, when there was less competition.

Let me express first my appreciation to you for your interest and for this action on the problem of marine debris.