I am going to yield Senator Sanders 10 minutes. I heard ``clean energy.'' Just for the record, let's be clear. The tar sands oil is one of the dirtiest known on the planet. Heavy metals--we went through it chapter and verse. The hardest to…

I am about to yield to Senator Cardin. A point I want to make is this is an interesting debate. The proponents have said for years: Build the pipeline because we need the oil here. Then confronted with the fact that the oil will not stay…

Forty years. When we look at the universe, we are here a very short time. He always thought about our kids and grandkids because that is what our job is. We are so fortunate that we had a life in America that gave us the opportunity with…

Before the Senator from Iowa leaves the floor, I thank him not only for his heartfelt remarks, because what we are doing here--we are here a short period of time in essence, whether we are here 6 years or 26 or 36 or even longer. How long…

Thank you so much. I see that Senator Murkowski is here. We will reserve the balance of our time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.

How many remain on the proponents' side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. They control 62 minutes. The Senator from Louisiana still has 32 minutes, so they have a total of 94 minutes.

Mr. President, I ask that we continue the agreement that this not count on Keystone time. I need to make the point that Mr. Baran, who is the subject of Mr. Vitter's complaint, has already been confirmed. What we are doing is putting him…

Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation that would require the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to be Presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed. In 2010, I worked to include similar language in the Senate version…

Our serious delinquency rate is eighth in the country.

I joined 32 of my colleagues writing a letter to you asking you to go ahead and begin payments back into the funds.

Mr. President, this is what the American people have been waiting to see. They want Washington to work together to grow our Nation's economy. Sometimes that takes debating what some consider a tough vote. I personally don't see the…

Madam President, it took an election on November 4. It took an election, but here we are at long last, some 6 years after the initial application for the Keystone XL Pipeline was filed and, as you know, for a long time now, I think at…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 100, nays 0, as…

The question I asked about those licensed professionals 6 months ago that got no answer from the VA, I will submit those questions again in writing.

We have been pushing the VA for years to better include marriage and family therapists and licensed professional mental health counselors.

You know, I suppose the takeaway for me in listening to what has been said is that too often we hear the stories.

This has got to be something much different than another hearing about this topic.

What is the difference? What is the cause of that? Why is there such a difference between two different places?