I think you have way too many Committees demanding information from you.

Reclaiming my time for a moment--and I note Senator Angus King is patiently sitting over there waiting to speak--I said earlier the cleanest, most affordable form of energy is the energy we never use. The cleanest, most affordable form of…

My admonition to my colleagues this morning was that the work that we are doing here is very important. We are not making the kind of progress that we need to make.

To quote Yogi Berra, we must not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

most of our colleagues have finished, a lot of them packed up and are heading back to their home States to begin the August recess. I wish them all well, especially the one who just preceded me on the floor tonight. I stand between the…

It is an important hearing and it is on a very difficult day.

I thank you and Senator Vitter both for putting this together.

You could not have two better advocates than Senator Landrieu and Senator Feinstein.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

I think what I would like to do is try to set this discussion this afternoon in context if I can. One of the things I focus on a lot--I know the Presiding Officer does as well back in Delaware--is how do we create a nurturing environment…

I wish we had an Inspector General confirmed by the Senate in place to do that in this Department.

Knowing my colleagues and me, if I had somebody that wanted to create jobs in Delaware... I would probably be interested in seeing that succeed.

we cannot manage what we cannot measure.

find out what works and do more of that. This is something that works.

One of our main objectives, really one of my main objectives in the Affordable Care Act, was to try to reorient our Nation's health care system so that we would reward quality over just quantity and try to improve health care outcomes…

one of the things we focus on is how do we get better results for less money

There is a direct correlation to the temperature in those times and the levels of carbon in those times.

It has preserved critical coastal habitat while protecting communities from storm and flood damage and saving countless tax dollars.

Taking action means investing in a lower carbon economy, but also investing in more resilient communities.

I believe it's time we stop fighting over established science and work together to enact common-sense environmental protections.

I'd like to remind my colleagues that history has proven this is a false choice: we can protect both.

The harmful effects of climate change, specifically sea-level rise and extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy, pose a unique and serious threat to my coastal home State of Delaware.

the legacy of a remarkable Delaware leader who served in many respects as a role model for many of us in Congress not that long ago.

It will take years to recover from the devastation caused by Sandy, and it's important that we get it right.

It is a testament to the decisive and comprehensive actions taken by President Obama, Secretary Donovan and the members of the President's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force.