"The American public understands the need to act."
"The Clean Power Plan, which was finalized in August 2015, is an historic step forward in the effort to address climate change."
"Unchecked climate change poses a threat to the health and safety of children and families."
"Climate change is happening all around us."
"The abuse of illegal and legal drugs in America is an absolute crisis, and to fight it, we need to act on many fronts."
"We need to do much more than we have done so far to put real dollars behind the effort to stop this madness."
"We must help them stop this real threat."
"Let us face it. That is a drop in the bucket."
"I am concerned about the rhetoric in the presidential campaign describing our relationship with Mexico."
"Some of the proposals would have a cataclysmic effect on our bilateral relations."
"Now we have to make sure that those policies never come into effect."
"I am pleased that the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act, which I introduced with Senators Blumenthal, Brown, and Ernst, is on today's agenda."