It is a powerful tool that I think we could use and possibly legislate that nationwide, being careful not to punish the utilities in those States that have already been doing this for a number of years like they have in Minnesota.

A 2009 study from McKinsey found that more than $1 trillion in wasted energy could be saved in this country if we spent on the scale of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Should we not, just for everyone listening and watching--it is municipal, university, schools, and hospitals. That is the MUSH market, everybody. You are welcome.

I really would like to congratulate Senators Portman and Shaheen for their bipartisan effort in crafting this legislation.

We need to make sure that the E-Verify program has an higher accuracy rate than it has now.

I believe that the complexity of this problem and the connectedness of the issues involved in immigration speaks to the need for comprehensive reform.

I have called for this to be fixed for years. I am glad that Senator Feinstein and Senator Leahy have made their efforts to do that.

I wanted to thank you and your staff for providing me feedback on my bill, the Help Separated Children Act.

I know that border security is critical, and that is why I am very happy to see that the strong provisions in this bill are in it.

I am proud to cosponsor the JOLT Act.

I am absolutely thrilled to see that the bill we are debating contains these provisions.

I have a bill, Ms. Murguia, that I plan to offer as an amendment to the immigration bill that we are now debating.

A lot of Minnesotans do not just think that this is a smart thing to do. They think that this is the morally right thing to do.

Under current law, Mark must choose between his career and the person he loves, which is not fair, it is wrong.

Anything we can do through the immigration laws to assist them with that process really is going to inure to the benefit of our communities.

I personally would prefer what was in the I-Squared Act.

I head up the Travel Caucus, and we have done some great things with speeding up visa times.

We did keep the U-visa program in there and extended it to also stalking victims, which was important.