But you have got big problems. And I get back to what Senator Carper said, we want to work with you.

I don't think you'd send your grandkid out to play in an area like that.

We want to work with you. But you have got to clean up your act there, literally.

We played Russian roulette tonight. We don't know what's going to happen. But we do know that Hank Paulson can save these jobs.

voting against this bailout was playing what she said was Russian roulette with the recession.

These infrastructure jobs aren't make-work jobs. They are important work jobs; work that has to be done.

I have to say that there is a portion of this bill that I believe is egregious and will prevent me from voting for this bill. It is because I believe one of the most basic tenets of our freedom is justice. Looking at justice, we have to…

there are 28 States here. Believe me when I say, if we stick with the lower limits, a lot of people are not going to get the benefit. We are talking really about 97 million Americans who would be adversely impacted by the fact that we did…

I want to get back to the issue before us, the housing crisis. I thank Senators Dodd and Shelby for working so hard to reach compromise. Here is where we are. I believe if you look at this recession many of our States are in--and there is…

I guess the reason I wanted to speak today is to not only thank Senator Dodd and Senator Shelby for bridging the partisan divide, but to say we cannot play politics with this subject matter. This isn't about some ideological issue; this is…

We have learned that they have 68 million acres of leases, both onshore and offshore, and they are not drilling. They are holding those, I believe, for speculative purposes. Now the President announces--even without them lifting a finger…

it is wonderful to join the Presiding Officer, Senator Landrieu, Senator Feinstein, and the other women who have come to join us. I have to say to Senator Mikulski, the dean of the Democratic women, how much I appreciate her leadership and…

The Bush administration, under pressure from big utilities, set weak requirements for toxic mercury emissions, and now there is a big court case, and believe me, they are going to lose it. There are other things. They slowed down Superfund…

Absolutely. My friend is so right. The Senator from Maryland is right. This Senator from California can tell you this: His proposal to destroy our coastline is an economic disaster, and he has avoided going after the oil companies and…

I rise in support of H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act. Earlier this month we were met with troubling news about our economy. We learned that the unemployment rate, one of the strongest indicators of our Nation's…

In a minute or less, I am rather stunned to hear that the Republican leader is suggesting that Republican Senators vote no to move to a bill for the purpose of making improvements in Medicare. I ask my friend, because people sometimes lose…

I was interested to hear my friend from Oklahoma, the ranking member on my Environment and Public Works Committee, talk about how much the Republicans care about gas prices after they just tanked our effort to deal with them. It is…

I am honored to remember former Member of the House of Representatives Lionel Van Deerlin, who passed away on May 18, 2008, at the age of 93. Lionel Van Deerlin, affectionately known as ``Van,'' served in Congress for over 18 years…

Colleagues, let me tell you where we are. Your Environment and Public Works Committee, for the first time, voted out a landmark bill, the Lieberman-Warner bill. We did that after 25 hearings. We had everyone come before us. It was…

I would think that General Sullivan's credentials are impeccable. He said: Yes, climate change and national security and energy independence are all interrelated. Simply hoping that these relationships will remain static is not acceptable…

My Republican friends are fierce defenders of the status quo. They are desperate defenders of the status quo. They are clinging to the past and turning away from solving one of the major challenges of our time. All they say is no, no, no…

The time is now to move forward and deal with global warming, and I urge my colleagues to vote for cloture. The scientific consensus is clear: strong and swift action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is needed to prevent catastrophic…

I listened to my friend from Wyoming, and I will tell anyone who was listening, first, he says the bill is not ready for debate. Now he wants to debate. You know, my friend voted not to go to the bill in the first place. He does not want a…

Isn't it true that as a result of these dilatory tactics and slowing us down and making us waste 30 hours to proceed, to get to a motion to proceed and then doing all this, isn't it true it puts us into a terrible bind here? We know the…

I was hoping that I could engage my friend the majority leader as the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. He has entrusted me, and my colleagues have, and I do not think we should leave here without me asking you a…