I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to hold a hearing entitled, ``Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: 2 Years Later,'' during the session of the Senate on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 17, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 17, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. permanent subcommittee on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 17, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled, ``The Next Ten Years in the Fight Against Human Trafficking…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 17, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 17, 2012, at 10 a.m., to conduct a committee hearing entitled ``The Semiannual Monetary Policy…

that article says if Congress does not promote PTC, my State could lose hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs. Naturally the numbers are higher with suggestions and estimates that we could lose 30,000 jobs. The PTC is a perfect example of…

for several weeks now I have spoken on the Senate floor, urging my colleagues of both parties to extend the wind production tax credit or, as it is known, the PTC. The Presiding Officer has had an opportunity to listen to me on a number of…

I rise today, as I have been every day, to urge my colleagues to work with me and to work with the Presiding Officer to extend the production tax credit for wind. The PTC, as it is known, has broad economic effects, positive effects all…

from June 25 to June 29, 2012, I was unable to vote on Senate rollcall votes due to personal family reasons, as well as the devastating wildfires that were burning in many parts of Colorado. Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on…

I am here on the floor, as I have been for a succession of morning speeches, to talk about the importance of extending the tax credit for wind power. If you look in every corner of our great country, the production tax credit has resulted…

I am here on the Senate floor to highlight our country's clean energy future.

I would be happy to yield. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from California.

I rise once again to discuss the production tax credit for wind energy, and I wish to urge all my colleagues to extend it as soon as possible. I have been coming to the Senate floor on an ongoing basis to highlight the tremendous growth of…

good morning to you. Good morning to my colleagues. PTC for Wind Energy I am here again on the Senate floor to urge all of my colleagues to vote for an extension of the production tax credit for wind energy, otherwise known as the PTC…

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma. I rise in support of this important amendment. I would also like to note that this provision is included in a larger bill I introduced this week to reform our Presidential public financing system. I would…

I have offered this amendment with my colleague Senator Thune from South Dakota. This is a commonsense amendment that would increase resources to land managers to address insect and disease epidemics spreading across our forests, while…

I rise today to urge my colleagues to oppose S.J. Res. 37, a resolution of disapproval of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, offered by Senator Inhofe. The Senator from Oklahoma is a powerful advocate for his point of view, but I…

I call up my amendment No. 2295. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Colorado [Mr. Udall], for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Baucus, proposes an amendment numbered…

I thank the Senator from Massachusetts for generously yielding to me. Wind PTC Mr. President, I am on the Senate floor today to continue urging this body to extend the production tax credit for wind. I intend to return to the floor every…

I rise again to continue the fight for our effort to extend the production tax credit for wind. I am going to continue to return to the floor every morning until we get the PTC extended. It has a positive economic effect on each and every…

as every one of our colleagues will attest, the work we do in this Chamber is made possible by many exceptional people who do not carry an election certificate. I am speaking of the dedicated staffers who work on committees and in our…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Udall of Colorado are printed in today's Record under ``Morning Business.'')

earlier this week I came to the Senate floor to speak about the importance of the forestry title in what is a bipartisan farm bill we are considering right now as I speak. In my previous remarks, I spoke about a growing emergency in our…

While Stan was working with Congressman Skaggs, he also dealt with contentious issues related to Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons site in Colorado, and the other sites in the U.S. Department of Energy nuclear weapons complex. Stan was…