Of course, one of the purposes of our bill, in fighting global warming, is to save our environment. That is the whole point of the bill, and part of our precious environment certainly includes our forests. We actually do have a forest…

It is the colloquy that I believe is important because my friend is so right. We approach the future with hope. We are not going to pull the covers over our heads. This is America. We need to lead, and we need to lead in technology. We…

I wish to make that point because I resent the Senator from Tennessee saying our bill is a slush fund.

Every Republican speaker who has come to the floor has talked about a gas tax. It in a way is so ironic, because when they had a chance to help us deal with gas prices, where were they? My friend, Senator Alexander, says gas prices are…

As a result of that meeting, I say to Senator Gregg, we took another look at the bill. Half of the bill is going back to consumers. Actually, a third of that--there are three pies: $800 billion goes into a tax cut. Senator Inhofe said it…

I have to say it is amazing to me how a Senator from a place that is almost ground zero on global warming could stand up here and be so negative, very unlike his Governor.

to quote part of what Governor Freudenthal said: I am not urging continued inaction. The lack of a federal plan essentially paralyzes the other players, both private and public sector. The problem at hand is enormous. Climate change does…

Unbelievable. Not one of my friends on the other side, not one, in my opinion, has offered anything to combat global warming, to get us off foreign oil--not one. It is unbelievable. I checked the record. Let's hold up these charts on oil…

--Economic stimulus blah blah. Ridiculous. Because the bottom line is, when anyone stands up and says India and China, it is because they do not want to do anything about global warming. They are code words. These are turned into code…

in my rebuttal, I say to my good friend from Oklahoma that I truly believe one of the reasons his party is in trouble right now and his party is losing all these elections right now is because they do not have any answers to the problems…

we all respect each other, but I have to say, I don't think my friend from Tennessee understands this bill at all. All I can say is, he couldn't understand it because the biggest piece of this bill, OK, is funds for the American people, a…

First of all, I think for my friend to say these two companies have no future plans to build powerplants or expand the plants, that makes no sense. I haven't read their annual report, but for him to say the only reason is because they are…

No, it is fine. I say to Senator Warner, I believed we were slow-walking it only because we are so anxious to get to the amendments. But I hear what you are saying--if this is real. We are going to have some good debate today. This is the…

What isn't so great is, we are kind of being slow-walked by the Republican leadership in such a way that we can't start the amendment process which, as we all know, is crucial on a bill of this nature. So that is disappointing. I think the…

Well, let me say, I welcome everyone to the floor. Let me conclude my little part today at this time by saying we have seen the faith communities come out very strongly for the Boxer-Lieberman-Warner bill--the Evangelical Environmental…

And lastly, is it not true that we have a deficit reduction trust fund of about a trillion dollars as well?

Thank you very much. The bipartnership on this runs deep. I have mentioned Senators Lieberman and Warner. Every member of my committee on the Democratic side and even some on the Republican side who did not like the bill contributed to the…

This is the statement of Dr. Allan Freidman, who is Senator Kennedy's surgeon: I am pleased to report that Senator Kennedy's surgery was successful and accomplished our goals. Senator Kennedy was awake during the resection, and should…

this is a historic day, not only for our country, but I think the world is watching us. It is because we have a pressing issue called global warming, climate change; you could call it either one. Scientists have told us that in fact we…

I thank my colleague. Today we are going to vote on whether we want to continue the status quo when it comes to energy policy and when it comes to ignoring the great threat to our planet that scientists tell us is very serious. Now, we can…

I am proud today to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the National Military Appreciation Month. As a cosponsor of the bill that designated May as the National Military Appreciation Month in 1999, I ask my colleagues and fellow…

Colleagues, this is a very important vote. We already voted to level the playing field for America in that last vote so that countries cannot take advantage of us. But I have to say, this motion would hold this Nation hostage to China and…

I say to my colleagues that Senator DeMint's motion is a back-to-the-future position. Again, it is why his party is in so much trouble. It is not looking ahead with hope; it is looking ahead with fear. It is giving veto power to countries…

I rise to speak against the DeMint motion and in favor of the Boxer motion, which takes on the issue of global warming in a way that is consistent with the information and the facts that we have today. The DeMint motion is a throwback to…

colleagues, I hope you pay attention to this because there are two motions that deal with global warming. The first one is the Boxer motion, and what it says is, we should not enact any global warming legislation until we address the issue…