Thank you so much. I know what a hard job it is to get this bill moving, and I am trying to be very helpful. I am offering an amendment I didn't expect to offer because basically my amendment says that we should acknowledge the benefit…

parliamentary inquiry--I wish to speak on the Hoeven amendment and take the 1 minute. Excuse me. I withdraw my request.

we are about to vote on something that I think will be recorded as a breakthrough moment in the climate debate. For the first time we will go on record saying the following: Climate change is real and human activity contributes to climate…

I would like, again, to thank this Committee for holding this hearing and moving forward on this important nomination.

You and the subcommittee chairmen will make every effort to consult with me and the subcommittee ranking members prior to announcing a committee or subcommittee hearing.

justice delayed is justice denied, and that is happening to too many Californians.

So everything is on the table. And I think that is very important.

If you were bamboozled, the world has been bamboozled.

elections have consequences

As Senator Boxer noted, this is a judgment shared by many of our key partners.

I make this humanitarian request to release Jason and ease the extreme pain of his family.

we are all here today with the same goal, and that is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.