Mr. President, this amendment is completely unrelated to the FAA reauthorization legislation. It deals with a matter that is in the jurisdiction of the Energy Committee. It would make, in my view, inappropriate changes to a program that…

Thank you for your leadership.

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at 2:30…

Mr. President, I rise to ask the U.S. Senate to resolve that April 5th-11th be known as National Public Health Week 2010. I submit this resolution along with my colleagues Senators Akaka, Begich, Sherrod Brown, Burris, Durbin, Menendez…

Mr. President, last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case. Despite much of the rhetoric surrounding this case, McDonald v. Chicago isn't a case about gun control. It is a case about our…

I hear it all the time from my constituents. There are a lot of small businesses that are poised to go to work.

The cheapest ton of coal, the cheapest barrel of oil, the cheapest megawatt, is the one you don't use.

The gap between science and applied research needed to bring energy efficiency technology to the marketplace at speed and scale is really the focus of the work there.

I was just in a skyscraper in New York City last week... It was a net energy reduction. It was also a net cost reduction for this skyscraper.

I even saw an almost science fiction-like technology the Japanese use where they actually capture the little bit of energy that results from water flowing through the toilet itself.

They are designed to improve the energy efficiency in existing buildings, to reduce energy bills for residential and commercial buildings, to create jobs in building construction and building-related manufacturing sectors.

We appreciate the committee's commitment to finding solutions that address our Nation's economic and energy challenges.

I'm told Senator Murkowski will be here very shortly.

I was very glad to work with Senator Murkowski last year and all members of the committee to report bipartisan energy legislation last summer.

Buildings are a large source of greenhouse gas emissions. They account for as much as 39 percent.

We can do just that through a home retrofit program like the one the President called for in his State of the Union.

Numerous studies have shown that energy efficiency improvements in buildings are among the most cost effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

if you saw $20 bills flying out your window you would try to grab them.