There are all kinds of exciting developments and innovation. Let me talk a little bit more about it. My understanding is that for 2018, researchers expect that emissions will grow by 2.4 percent, and the United States is part of this…

If I may respond just briefly, the State has mandated that 50 percent of its electricity must come from renewable sources by 2030. We are actually ahead of schedule and on track to reach that deadline by 2020. If we do, we will both be…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island. Yes, we are already feeling dramatic changes in California. Let me give you an example. Off our coast, the ocean has become 25 to 45 percent more acidic. It has 20 percent less oxygen, and it is…

Thank you. I know there are others waiting, so I don't estimate I will take more than 10 or 12 minutes. I rise in opposition to the nomination of Tom Farr to the Eastern District of North Carolina. I do so as the ranking member of the…

The memo includes Farr's own retelling of meetings in which sending postcards to voters was discussed. In fact, Farr told colleagues that postcards might not be as effective in kicking voters off the rolls as they had been in 1984. It is…

I rise today in support of the Sanders-Murphy resolution. It is time to end our involvement in the war in Yemen. In 2015, I was notified by a senior Saudi official of the Kingdom's intention to take military action in Yemen. I was assured…

today I wish to raise concerns about the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, known as VIDA, which is included in the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Act of 2018. I voted in favor of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Act of 2018, along with 93 of my…

due to an excused absence on October 11, 2018, I was unable to vote on several judicial nominations. Had I been present I would have voted in the following matter: On Executive Calendar No. 1007, on the nomination of David James Porter, of…

I rise today in support of S.J. Res. 63, a resolution of disapproval on the Trump administration's final rule allowing the expansion of short-term junk health insurance plans. My home State of California recently passed a law prohibiting…

I rise today to speak in support of the pending bill, America's Water Infrastructure Act. I congratulate Chairman Barrasso and Ranking Member Carper of the Environment and Public Works Committee for completing this vitally important bill…

Thank you very much. Madam President, this has been my ninth Supreme Court nomination hearing, and I must say, I have never experienced anything like this. Never before have we had a Supreme Court nominee where over 90 percent of his…

I understand that in the order I have 15 minutes; is that correct? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is recognized.

today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the awarding of the Nobel Prize in chemistry to three outstanding scientists, Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith, and Gregory P. Winter, for using evolutionary principles to create new…

today I wish to speak on S. 994, the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018. First, I want to thank Senator Hatch and the other supporters of the bill. In particular, I would also like to thank the House sponsors of the…

Mitchell's claim that Dr. Ford has not offered a consistent account of when the alleged assault happened and was, quote, 'not rooted in fact'.

I rise today to object to the partisan effort to improperly ``stack'' two consecutive nominations for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC. Peter Feldman has been nominated not only to fill the remainder of a term that would expire…

The point is have an FBI investigation. Let them do their work. This is the Supreme Court. Postpone the vote by a week. What's the problem? I don't get it.

And what you're saying if I understand it is that the allegations by Dr. Ford, Ms. Ramirez, and Ms. Swetnick are wrong?

I rise today to introduce a resolution to recognize September as ``Workforce Development Month.'' I thank Senators Hatch, Enzi, and Baldwin for supporting this bipartisan resolution. As technological advances reshape traditional fields and…

Ranking Democrat Member Dianne Feinstein saying the testimony should be delayed.

eight Americans die of a drug overdose every hour. In 2016, more Americans died from drug overdoses than during the entire Vietnam war. The 2017 figures are even worse. Preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and…

as the Senate debates the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act, S. 2554, I rise to offer my views on the need for transparency in drug prices and to offer my strong endorsement of this bill. This legislation that we are voting on today…

today I wish to oppose the nomination of Elad Roisman to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. Members of the SEC are charged with the critical tasks of protecting investors and their hard-earned savings and ensuring…

Don McGahn, the White House Counsel, spoke to the Federalist Society and made clear Brett Kavanaugh is exactly the kind of nominee the President wanted.

I happen to believe that it did work and that it was important.