I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my friend and colleague Senator Scott from Florida. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 1105

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 1105 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I ask unanimous…

to my colleague from Washington, whom I have the utmost respect for, it is true that at the beginning of the pandemic, there were all kinds of challenges with the cruise ship industry. There is no doubt about that. We saw that, but that…

it is not Thursday yet, but it is almost Thursday, and that is when I love to come down to the floor of the U.S. Senate to recognize an Alaskan who is doing something great for our State. And as many know here, we call this person our…

I wanted to come down to the Senate floor for a couple reasons, but first I want to talk a little bit about what happened in Alaska last weekend--actually, a really important meeting between the United States and China, our senior…

Legislation introduced by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Senate HELP Committee Member Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), S. 509 the 'Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act' aims to assist states in building…

My first bill that I ever co-sponsored as a U.S. Senator was the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Act, which was signed into law by President Obama.

it is not often I come down to the floor to say I have a lot in common with the Senate majority leader, Senator Schumer from New York. In fact, in my 6 years in the Senate, I don't think I have ever done that. But after reading his remarks…

this was sent in April 2017. Now, what was going on in April 2017? Republicans had the majority, and President Trump was pressuring us to get rid of the filibuster. We said no. This is what the letter said: Regardless of our past…

I find it completely unacceptable. Congress gave you a directive, you might not like it, but sometimes independent studies are what is needed.

Despite the passage of legislation, including the Hannon Act, we are seeing a rise in suicides.

I have one more topic I would like to talk about today. It is another important one, and it is one that many have been talking about here on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Many have spoken very eloquently about this topic, and depending on…

most mornings I get up kind of early, and I go for a run on the Mall, run by the Capitol, this beautiful building, the Senate, the House, the people's house, which recently was open for all of us to enjoy. And now, as most Americans know…

we just voted on Secretary Michael Regan to be the new EPA Administrator. I want to congratulate him on his vote. He is now the new EPA Administrator. I sit on the Committee on Environment and Public Works. So we had hearings for Mr…

John Kerry is against natural gas.

it is that time of the week that our pages--when we had them--used to always look forward to. It is the time of the week that I come down on the floor and talk about someone in Alaska who is making a huge impact on my State, a lot of times…

The Clean Power Plan was designed not to protect the environment, but to hurt fossil energy.

I think the White House needs to figure out who is speaking for whom on energy policy.

You have a steeper hill to climb, frankly, than most.

In my view, that agenda means putting Americans out of work through executive orders like canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and rolling back common-sense regulations that protect our environmental while keeping our economy moving.

The Clean Power Plan proved to be one of the most overbearing big government impositions on States ever.

More than any major country in the world by far. It is not even close, China is doubling theirs, we are reducing it.

My State is reeling. And the new Federal Government Administration, seven EOs attacking Alaska.

You don't kill American jobs in energy production to address the climate crisis when natural gas is actually helping globally.

That lack of transparency and stakeholder interaction, particularly with middle America, is a tough one for us to get over.