Mr. President, what is the time situation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is postcloture on H.R. 3979 and a perfecting amendment thereto.

Madam President, the Senate is not in order. No one can hear. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California is correct. The Senate is not in order. The Senate will be in order. Senators will bring their conversations to a close. The…

I thank Senator Stabenow not only for her statement, but she has talked a lot about people she meets in her State and they say to her: Senator, all we want is a fair shot. Before Senator Stabenow leaves the floor I wanted to say I hear the…

Mr. President, would the Senator yield 2 minutes? I thank the Senator from Iowa for his generosity spirit, and I rise in strong support of the bill. Since 1990 this important block grant has helped States provide vouchers to our low-income…

Madam President, I have been on this floor since early this evening and it is very clear that deniers are standing with 3 percent of the scientists while we Democrats who are here tonight calling for action are standing with 97 percent of…

Will the Senator yield before we hear from my good friend. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

Mr. President, I thank also everyone who made this evening possible, and I want to say to my co-chair of the Climate Action Task Force, Senator Whitehouse, what a privilege it is to work with him, as his passion on this runs deep; to…

Mr. President, we know all Senators care deeply about their constituents and their families. If any one of us saw danger looming, we would do everything in our power to save them. Yet in the face of irrefutable scientific agreement, the…

Mr. President, it was with great interest that I listened to my friend. I suppose we are making progress. He used to call climate change a hoax, and he did not say that. So maybe he is moving in our direction. But I also want to point out…

That is wonderful. I am so happy you did not use hoaxes, and maybe there is a way for us to come closer together on this issue. But let my say this: People are listening. People care. Because when 97 to 98 percent of the scientists say…

We just heard 45 minutes from my friend Jim Inhofe, whom I have a very friendly relationship with but who I think is a dangerous denier, a dangerous denier in the face of 97 percent agreement among scientists. He talks about international…

Absolutely. Will the Presiding Officer tell me when I have used 3 minutes and then I will yield the floor at that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will be so notified.