I am very happy to report that Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman are making progress in getting to that 60-vote threshold we need on a comprehensive approach.

I am going to build the case that this endangerment finding that you have made was built on the findings and the work of the Bush administration.

I want to thank you for starting to address the threat of global warming and for understanding the need to move to a clean energy economy.

I am very pleased with the increase in funding for the Office of Children's Health.

I did not quote one international scientist or IPCC. I quoted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, I quoted NASA.

uncertainty about climate change is coming from some colleagues on the Republican side.

We need to have an honest conversation about the impact of carbon dioxide pollution.

The majority of this committee, in strong numbers, believes that we must act, and in fact we have acted.

the facts are the facts.

The amount of rain in the heaviest storms has increased nearly 20 percent in the last century.

I would encourage you, Madam Administrator, to hold firm to the science and to what you are doing.

hold these people accountable for what they've done

Inclusion is vital as is transparency and accountability in the processes.

Our members represent millions of motorists, RVers, motorcyclists, as well as hundreds of truck and bus companies. It is critical that the Highway Trust Fund remain solvent, that the expired bill be extended through the current fiscal…

this is a pretty straightforward vote for us today. In essence, everything in this jobs bill is bipartisan. Everything in it is bipartisan. I can tell my colleagues right now that my Republican colleagues tell me they want to reauthorize…

I have to say I have worked with these organizations over the break to talk to them about what will happen if we vote this measure down and we do not continue our funding through the highway trust fund. They are very clear, and I am going…

before the majority leader leaves the floor, I want to say to him that today jobs triumphed over politics. That is a great day around here. Jobs triumphed over politics. I want to say to Senator Reid, this idea you have to keep these bills…

these letters are stark in their message to us. If we don't listen to this incredible group of people who are writing us these letters--these are Republicans, they are Democrats, they are Independents, they are Americans. They are saying…

we all went home over this recess--most of us did--and we heard very clear messages. At least I can tell you I did. The messages are: Address the problems that face us and reach out a hand across the aisle and do it together. Pretty…

I wish my colleagues to hear this because it is very shocking, and it could happen in Delaware, California, Pennsylvania, any of our States. It is a special notice to contractors, dated February 19: All bidders take note. Unless the…

I think access to education is very important, and we have to pay more attention on higher education.

Participation in political life and decisionmaking level is very, very important because we should not only have women as a token in some places.

There can't be reconciliation unless there's certain changes in the treatment of women.

We would like to trust him, but we--the verification of that trust will come from other things.

let the Afghan Government know that women in Afghanistan cannot be used as a bargaining chip in this reconciliation process