It is so because it was 7 years ago when I took the panel. I think it was 7 years ago that I took the gavel--I don't even remember; time goes so fast when you are having fun--I took that gavel and the first thing we did is we had a hearing…

John Warner had a great piece in there, and others. It made me so proud. At that hearing we had all these experts talk about the fact that, over time, temperatures would go up. But in between, as you say, it is not a matter of the weather…

Fifty-six presentations on the floor of the Senate, regardless of the hour, regardless of his other pressing needs, the Senator is making the record that we must act to prevent the worst and most catastrophic occurrences from climate…

First I wish to say how proud I am to listen to the Senator's words, to have him on the committee I am so honored to chair. To learn today that the Senator made over 50----

The point I am making is the Senator points out one very prominent Republican, but there are many more. I remember when I started out in politics, I was a county supervisor. The environment was the one issue--one or two, the other one was…

Senator Whitehouse raises the name of John Chafee and Lincoln Chafee. I was friendly with both of those Chafees, John being my chairman, a role model for me. I literally learned from him. Not only was he a leader on the environment, he was…

Right. The dilemma we face is the window to act is closing in on us. The Senator showed some extraordinary photos. One is up there now. We see that already climate change is creating climate refugees. There was a movie done called…

Absolutely. I think the other point the Senator made is tying this all to Citizens United and the fact that these polluters are only focused on this: They do not want competition. Let us be clear. These multinationals do not want…

I appreciate the fact that Senator Grassley has given us his view of how the Senate ought to work. When the Senator says more deliberative and knowing how many filibusters have been supported on that side, that is what it says to me. As…

I think it is wonderful to hear the Republican Senator Mr. Moran talk about job creation. It is really music to my ears, especially when he talks about addressing the importance of immigration, which clearly needs to be addressed and is…

Is it also true that he offered time agreements of 1 hour per amendment and then to be followed by passage of the bill? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.

OK. The reason I wanted to put this in the record in a simple way is because sometimes when we have the back-and-forth and the ``I object'' and ``reserving the right to object,'' people lose track of exactly what happened. We offered the…