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…

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…

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…

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…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, 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…

Mr. President, 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…

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…

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

Mr. President, 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…