Mr. President, this amendment ensures that we don't implement a carbon tax, and I am joined on it by Senator Lankford and Senator Cramer. Simply put, a carbon tax is a national energy tax, and it is a regressive tax. Raising the cost of…

Mr. President, stand up for working families and vote yes. I ask for the yeas and nays. Vote on Amendment No. 887 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll…

Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 887 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Hoeven]…

I appreciate that. As a former chair of a State senate judiciary committee, I can tell you two things: we like to have State authority.

North Dakota politics and California politics are pretty significantly just distinct and different.

I believe that that was part of the Senator's privacy proposal, so I think we would all be pleased to see it move as part of a broader effort.

I want to let my colleagues know that I have reintroduced the bipartisan Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act.

We are trying to make that happen. Thank you for your comments and I agree with you and we are working hard to make that happen.

And you think that could have a huge impact for our country and that we could really lead the world forward--correct?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Isn't cracking the code in terms of making CCUS commercially viable... vitally important, not just for us, but really for the world?

She is very extreme to say the least. The anti-Semitism, I've never seen anything quite like it. The anti-Semitism and the school shootings weren't real. I mean, she runs the gamut.

Are you committed to continuing to get that funding out and then following the directives in the legislation that Congress included?

I appreciate the opportunity we have had to work together as Governors and during your first stint as Secretary of Agriculture...

We have got to do more for our livestock producers. We have got to get them more transparency in pricing in the market.

I was able to get language in the John Scott legislation that would authorize the Secretary of the VA to enter into public-private partnerships to research the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

It can be difficult to maneuver [the bureaucracy], and how often we will actually pass legislation that is signed into law only to have it sort of either slow walked.

I am a strong proponent of hyperbaric oxygen treatment and therapies for veterans because I have seen it work so well.