Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there may be portions where I may say a few words in Spanish, and I will provide a translation for the clerk. I ask unanimous consent to be able to do that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, we are here today once again to join Senator Durbin, who has been on the floor with me or I with him I don't know how many times now as it relates to this issue. We are here to urge the Senate to immediately approve…

That is a policy goal that is ever present. It is not an emergency.

if we find out at some point that you or any other official in the State Department has changed that analysis, it would be an incredibly serious matter and, personally, I would consider you to face personal legal liability for that…

Why was that recommendation moved to the classified annex of the report? Why is that classified?

Sir, if you were teaching me to drive for 5 years and I continued to hit passersby, continued to total my car, would you continue to give me the keys?

We have gone from actually providing conditions to the Saudi, from serious people like General Jim Mattis, to having you sit here and tell us that the new and improved policy is we are giving them a tool kit.

None of those things were being hit from Yemen. Those were direct Iranian threats against Saudi oilfields, shipping.

Why did you spend 2 months deliberating and executing a decision to use this emergency declaration when you could have gotten the sale through in a month?

the transition to a low-carbon economy is more important today than ever before, and I mentioned in my opening remarks that we are facing three overlapping crises,--a pandemic, an economic collapse, and a climate emergency--and it is…

I would like to recognize Caleb Schumacher on the enormous feat of making Eagle Scout. I was proud to join Caleb and his family this past weekend in Ocean City. Caleb's Eagle Scout project was a flag drop box so that flags can be disposed…

it was disheartening to watch the President on the ground in California earlier this week where he once again fully denied scientific facts.

this is all a preview of what is in store for the future if we don't take bold, decisive action to combat the climate crisis.

Unfortunately, this is all a preview of what's in store for the future if we don't take bold, decisive action to combat the climate crisis.

opening statement

As Chairman Pallone said, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission put out a report which warned that climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system.

These fires are climate fires, and it was disheartening to watch the President on the ground in California earlier this week, once again, fully deny scientific fact.

Achieving that goal remains critical if we are to avoid the most damaging and costly consequences of climate change.