I wonder if I might ask the leader a question through the Chair. It would seem to me the process we are planning now is that the leader is deciding what amendments we will vote on and what we will not. I wonder if he would be open to the…

As the top two energy consumers and greenhouse gas emitters in the world, I believe the United States and China have a tremendous opportunity to work together to solve their shared energy and environmental challenges.

Mr. President, I rise to talk about the farm bill and recognize the fine work the Senate Agriculture Committee did in bringing this bill forward. I am disappointed, to say the least, that this bill is bogged down in legislative games. This…

Mr. President, finally, let me shift gears to another topic I care deeply about; that is, taking care of our veterans. This weekend a group of World War II veterans from Montana will be visiting our Nation's capital. With a great deal of…

I thank the Chair and yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming is recognized. A Second Opinion

Mr. President, I am pleased to follow my colleague from Colorado who has come to the floor to recognize a very fine public servant who has been with him and the Senate for years. I, too, today rise to speak of an Alaskan who has dedicated…

Madam President, I join Senators Shaheen and Klobuchar, and I particularly thank Senator Whitehouse for bringing us together. Senator Boxer was on the floor earlier talking about the transportation conference committee, and Senator Begich…

Mr. Chairman, what Mr. Burrell is doing at CareFirst is popularly received locally.

Is it about just deploying it, making sure that you've got the wind turbine up, but if that wind turbine isn't connected to anything, if it's not generating, is that something then that says China is more successful in deploying this?

I introduced a Senate Resolution calling for the U.S. to work on eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers to clean energy goods and services.

Lowering the cost of clean energy, such as solar, is exactly what we need to be doing.

I am concerned about the recent trade complaints and their effect on the over 2,000 solar employees in Washington state.

The U.S. cannot compete on a level playing field with countries that have strong industrial policies when our own policies are inconsistent and erratic.

I fully agree that it should be in both countries' interests for China to remove its trade barriers.

I think it's not to say that none of this will be manufactured -all of it will be manufactured in the U.S. and none of it comes from China.

I think we recognize that oftentimes if we have a buy-America requirement that that may add to the cost.

It's critical that the United States be a leader in that of next generation technologies and that we position ourselves to do that.

It's either going to be more affordable energy, but maybe we compromise on whether it is built here in America with jobs in America, or a tradeoff with environmental aspect?