Thank you so much for your commitment to improving chemical facility safety and security and for your efforts on behalf of America's workers.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 10, 2014, at 10 a.m., room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Ammonium nitrate is so dangerous. If you are dealing with it, as West, Texas is, they haven't been asked to do one thing different.

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be withdrawn; the Carper substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time; and the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 578, H.R. 4007. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4007) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Carper substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time, and the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I don't want to hear all this. I know what your goals are. When are you going to do it?

Ten million children go to school under the shadow of two hazardous zones.

If you are ignoring that, then you are not following the law.

Why wouldn't you know that is a no-brainer?

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 10, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct…

This is a threat to humanity that I do not think humankind has seen before.