Is it necessary for anything for him to proceed? Could he unilaterally approve a Texas facility I think is a question worth asking.

I am delighted that we have finally introduced a waste policy act bill for our country, which has no waste policy that we know of.

I do not believe that fusion will be developed during my lifetime, and perhaps not the lifetime of the younger members of this body.

Well, it sounds to me like we have spent a billion--$1.22 billion just now in getting ready to get a project put together.

If we have learned anything it is that these facilities have to have the approval of their community and their State.

Yes, I guess this is a problem that I certainly have is that you spend a billion, $1.22, and you do not really have a project yet.

I rise today to join my colleagues in introducing the Nuclear Waste Administration Act, a bill to establish a national nuclear waste policy. This bipartisan legislation, which has been years in the making, is also cosponsored by Senators…

I speak today regarding the introduction of a bill, cosponsored by Senator Boxer, to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with the authority to obligate and expend previously appropriated funds in order to begin construction on…

I remain concerned about the high levels of exposure Americans have to Bisphenol-A, BPA, an endocrine- disrupting chemical. BPA is a synthetic estrogen, which means that it mimics this hormone when in the body. Scientific studies continue…

May I say one more thing? It is my understanding-- breaking news coming here--that there is no language in Federal statute on sex trafficking that defines a trafficking survivor as a victim of rape. So the victim would have to prove she is…

Well, I guess I disagree with that. Those of us who believe a woman should control her own reproductive system, in concert with her family and her doctor, have objection to the government getting involved and telling us what to do. It is…

I am pleased to do so. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Not to my knowledge. Let me put it that way. Now you can blame me and say I should have known--I am not the only one on our committee, Senator, who is in this position, either, who communicated with your staff and was under the impression…

Well, let me answer a question with a question. Why doesn't my colleague just take it out? It is not in the House bill. Then we don't have to conference it, we don't have to have another fight, we can get the amendments in the bill to…

A study of ads placed in this year's Super Bowl in Phoenix concludes that 65 percent of the ads placed on Backpage's Phoenix Web site around the weekend of the game had indicators that the ad was for a victim of sex trafficking. Simply…

I see it for standing up for a principle. I know something about these girls. I know something about the history of abortion in this country. I am old enough to have gone through it and know that I don't want to go back to those days. I…

Because there are many of us who believe this is one small step for womankind. It is one battle we can win, and we have had loss after loss after loss. You know, many of us ran on the right to choose. I was one of them. I am old enough to…

Yes. I think that is correct. I suppose we could change this to have a rape implication, but the gauntlet has been thrown down. And it is not up to me alone to remove it. There was no open discussion in our committee when we discussed this…

I appreciate it, too. And I appreciate the discussion. Principle doesn't know minority and majority. Principle is deeply held. I thank the Senator very much. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr…

Because of what this legislation is. This legislation is the raping and the misconduct, sexually, with young girls, girls 14, 15, and 16. What if they are impregnated? Should they be entitled to be able to go and get an abortion? Does this…

The attorneys general wrote: The use of the ``adult services sections'' on websites such as Backpage.com has created virtual brothels where children are bought and sold using euphemistic labels such as ``escorts.'' This is a quote from a…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for such time as I may consume. As Senator Klobuchar stated, I come to the floor to speak on the sex trafficking bill. I know it is now held up by certain language, which I will go into in the details of my…

These types of settlement demands can be crippling to small business, but the attorney's fees required to fight the lawsuit might be 10 times as much.

The challenges facing drought-stricken areas are so severe that we will undoubtedly need to leverage Federal dollars and find innovative partners to help us provide as much relief as possible.

I am pleased to join Senator Grassley in re-introducing the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act of 2015, formerly known as the Saving Kids from Dangerous Drugs Act. For years, law enforcement has seen drug dealers flavor and…