For every dollar that we invest in the IRS, not only do we get better service for taxpayers as they prepare their taxes, but we also find that for every dollar we invest, we increase revenues by at least $4, maybe more.

Yes. If you take inflation, you are closer to your 20, 23 percent there.

We need to get this done. This is crazy.

It has been a good process, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and your staff, and all of our colleagues and the members of your staffs as well.

last week on this Senate floor, I made the case for Democrats and Republicans joining together to confirm one of the most qualified individuals ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. I was referring, of course, to Chief Judge Merrick…

The other three Cs that we embrace in Delaware are communicate, compromise, collaborate.

They always said the 80/20 rule, they focused on 80 percent of the stuff they agreed on.

two of them are extremely important tools in helping communities across our country comply with the Clean Water Act.

Mr. Chairman, before everybody leaves, could I just say one other thing?

Again, congratulations to everybody, Mr. Chairman, to you and to everyone who was part of putting all this together;

Just use some common sense. Just use some common sense.

we are talking about spending money that we really do not have for a wall.

walls work. I have been to Israel. They work. But, walls can be tunneled under and climbed over.

to spend $15 to $25 billion, at a time when we have a budget deficit of over $400 billion, is unwise, is unneeded, and is unaffordable.

Talk about a rush to judgment. We have time. The American people are watching us, and history will judge us. Let's make sure we get this right. Let's make sure we get this right. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I rise today to lend my voice in support of perhaps one of the most qualified individuals ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. I am referring, of course, to Chief Judge Merrick Garland. Over 1 year ago, on March 16, 2016, a President…

I would ask the Presiding Officer for 15 seconds, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

This is gripping testimony. It is hard not to be affected by it.

We believe it holds essentially Government to the same level of accountability for cleaning up the environment that the rest of us are held to, including industry and the private sector.

I focus on root causes of problems.

the President's 2018 skinny budget decimates the EPA with a 31 percent budget cut

the President's fiscal year 2018 budget slashes State environmental grants by a staggering 45 percent

We have to think through the depth of some of these actions to make sure that our grandchildren don't have the same burden.

I absolutely do not support cut funding to Federal agencies for cleanup of these lands.

Do you agree that there will be fewer and slower cleanups of toxic sites like Hanford if Congress goes along with these proposed Draconian cuts?