Mr. President, I ask that we continue the agreement that this not count on Keystone time. I need to make the point that Mr. Baran, who is the subject of Mr. Vitter's complaint, has already been confirmed. What we are doing is putting him…

I ask unanimous consent that the time I use in this colloquy be taken off the time I have left. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I will yield to Senator Merkley, but before I do, I was so glad to hear a Republican say he wants to work on jobs. I would just say to my friend before he leaves, the CEO who runs the pipeline says there will be 35 permanent jobs. OK. I…

Now when this petcoke started to blow all across the communities, residents felt they could not safely open the windows during the summer for fear the black clouds would trigger their children's asthma, and with good reason. We know this…

To get to the gulf coast, tar sands will be transported by pipeline through communities in environmentally sensitive areas in six States. We know from experience how harmful this could be, again, because of how hard it is to clean up after…

The nurses concur with Senators Boxer and Whitehouse that what is known today about the health hazards associated with the expansion of tar sands is just a sampling. They believe the consequences of Keystone XL have been substantially…

They say the same thing. There is an increasing recognition that the environments in which people live, work, and learn have a tremendous impact on their health. The administration will certainly benefit by having a better understanding of…

Mr. President, I thank the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee for his remarks. They mean a lot. I want to put this vote into perspective. This is a major decision. People sometimes say: Oh, what is the big deal. It is a…

Mr. President, it is with great pride that I call on my colleague from California as she gets herself ready to speak to this issue. Senator Feinstein and I represent a State that is creating so many clean energy jobs, and I am very proud…

Once it leaves Canada and is transported to refineries in the United States, the tar sands would increase the pollution in already plagued communities such as Port Arthur, which I showed you and I will show you again. Port Arthur is…

I am about to yield to Senator Cardin. A point I want to make is this is an interesting debate. The proponents have said for years: Build the pipeline because we need the oil here. Then confronted with the fact that the oil will not stay…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. I am confused because Senator McConnell called the bill the Cassidy Keystone bill, and I thought we were debating the Hoeven-Landrieu bill. Could you tell me which bill it is, because that is very important…