I think that we're being penny wise and pound foolish by disinvesting, under investing, in energy research and development.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of New Mexico). Without objection, it is so ordered. Mary Jo White Nomination

I rise today to discuss the confirmation of Mary Jo White as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ms. White has had an impressive career--from prosecuting terrorists and white-collar criminals as a U.S. attorney for the…

has yet to embark on a clean energy innovation program commensurate with the scale of the national priorities that are at stake.

Mr. President, I also wanted to welcome the Senator from Nebraska. I am honored to be her mentor. There are three things I wish to say. First, we need a woman rancher in the Senate. I was sitting here thinking about the last famous woman…

you just can't mess around with rural areas by not completing calls. This is not going to work, so there must be a better solution.

I truly believe people that grow up, kids that grow up, in rural Minnesota should be able to stay in rural Minnesota.

This just can't be how business works in America, 'Sorry, you have a small carrier, so you don't get service,' even though it's not their fault.

I'm a strong believer in unlocking. I think it'll lead to more competition.

I think people, in this day and age, would be shocked that we can't have high enough quality service.

90 percent of species are recovering at the rate specified by their Federal recovery plan.

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We need to make sure there are not onerous burdens put on land owners. But we also have to ask the question; do we wish to have biodiversity and protection of species and to what extent?

Not being included in this ESA working group puts up unnecessary partisanship where it doesn't need to be.

This Committee has a long, storied history of bipartisanship. We have proven we can do it.

The Florida Panther's recovery plan is 114 years long. It doesn't mean the ESA is a failure.

ESA is not perfect, but I also think when I see some of the language coming up that only one percent of species have been delisted.

Mr. President, I rise to talk about the budget we are proposing. It has three basic guiding principles: First, we must protect our fragile economic recovery by creating jobs and investing in economic growth. I remember when we did this…