They call them executive agreements.

I encourage our Administration to continue its work to drive the international community toward a broader global agreement in Paris.

I think we're at the fork in the road, and my hope is that we will take it.

Climate change is real. Global warming is real. Sea level rise is real.

If I could make a unanimous consent request to put in the record, Madam Chairman, a copy of the U.S. pledges for the general climate fund, which actually appear to be around $3 billion, instead of the $45 billion quoted earlier.

The science is clear. Our future generations face no greater environmental threat.

Leaders should be aspirational. It has been said that leaders are purveyors of hope.

I have been a longtime supporter of clean coal technology, I am sure you have as well, for over twenty-some years.

I come to the floor to address the issue of climate change, but I am inclined to follow up on comments by our friend from Louisiana who has just spoken. As the Presiding Officer knows, I am no longer the chairman of the homeland security…

Today we are here to discuss, as we know, our Country's efforts to fulfill a promise that was made some 23 years ago, in 1992, to address global climate change.

When it comes to global challenges, the United States doesn't just sit back and wait for someone else to lead. We lead.

We cannot do this alone. We have to work cooperatively with our neighbors around the world.

I encourage the administration to continue its work to drive the international community toward a broader global agreement.

I have confidence that this administration, and future administrations, will find the right compromises.

Leadership is the most important thing. And leadership is demonstrated in a variety of ways.

In my State, we face global sea level rise. It is going to do us in, eventually, if we don't do something about it.

I will speak for 10 minutes on transportation, and then we will have our caucus lunch.

tomorrow is Veterans Day, and it is a special day for all of us who serve here and for all of our colleagues down the hall in the House of Representatives. It is a special day for veterans across the country and around the world and their…

something came to my attention today that I haven't seen before. Actually, it is a blog which was apparently written by Ben Bernanke, the immediate past Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He wrote it for the Brookings Institute, and he…

I withdraw my objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Oklahoma.

I understand that a request is pending, and I would like to reserve my right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there an objection to the majority leader's request?

I have a statement I would like to make at this point in time. If this is the appropriate time to do it, then I would like to do it. I would like to speak for 10 minutes. Mr. McCONNELL. I renew my request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Transportation Authorization bill

it is always a pleasure to spend these late afternoons--sometimes Thursday afternoons--when the current Presiding Officer gets stuck presiding, when I come to the floor to talk, yet again, about funding--paying for--these roads and…

I want to thank the Senator for inviting us to come to the floor this afternoon and have this conversation. It is great to be with our colleague from Hawaii as well. Senator Durbin and I came to the House of Representatives together in…