To me it is just mind boggling in this time of fiscal restraint where people are really watching their dollars, this kind of overreach and overspending.

$5.2 billion, $1 billion of that should have been designated for rural areas to get as per appropriate share.

We think that there were nefarious acts by those responsible to protect themselves and the heck with our depositors.

We are paying for all, the Federal Government is paying to reimburse those who were led to believe this is safe and secure and it is cheaper.

I am supportive of efforts to bolster our Nation's pandemic preparedness and response, but I am concerned that this is sending mixed messages.

I think you did the right thing when you all made your decision on taking care of depositors, but not the bank bailout and not the shareholders.

I think that is a legitimate question, I will leave it to that.

Yesterday, Senator Risch and I introduced the ETAC Establishment Act, which establishes the Energy Threat Analysis Center at DOE.

I need to see the list.

What we are concerned about is, you know, I know the EU and I am fine. I said, I don't have a problem with our allies. What I have a problem with is going to countries that we don't have what we would call a secure supply chain.

I ask unanimous consent that the vote on the previous issue begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Gallagher nomination?

To me it is just mind boggling in this time of fiscal restraint where people are really watching their dollars, this kind of overreach and overspending.

I rise today to talk about a constant issue in front of the American people that has haunted, I think, and will haunt this President during his tenure in the White House. It is a subject that my Republican colleagues and I have highlighted…

I am particularly troubled by the largesse of this request because I am not convinced that EPA is using the resources it already has effectively.

Some of these other countries where an awful lot of the minerals come from are not in the EU.

I hope they would move quicker, I think that state primacy issue is absolutely critical to move forward, to cleaner environment, to capturing, and sequestering, and utilizing the carbon.

We have a bill with Senator Graham that we think may help you a little bit, so we are going to try to pursue that one.

I have a big--I have really hard concerns about the ESG because if ESG is not taken with the same light that, basically, geopolitical unrest that we see around the world, you are putting us in a very unfair advantage--or disadvantage--can…