there are provisions that actually do, tax provisions provide production tax credits that are, my staff and I and others on this committee were involved in.

I believe one of the primary roles of government is to help create a nurturing environment for job creation and job preservation.

It is important that we do.

The NRC is expected to finalize this framework, not by 2027, but actually I have learned this last week, by 2024, about 3 years ahead of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act's deadlines.

I have 3 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

we just had a vote, and the vote--Mr. President, would you mind repeating the margin on that vote. Do you have that handy? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Fifty-four to thirty-three.

Fifty-four to thirty-three. In baseball, we are hoping there is going to be a settlement in the baseball dispute right now between labor and management. But, in baseball, you have some games that go extra innings, but at the end of the…

This has to be part of our DNA, and the Executive Branch and Legislative Branch as well.

I think when the first set of payments that we sent out, when we fell into the pandemic, I think that about $1.4 billion was sent to people who were dead.

and colleagues, as today's debate begins to wind down, I want to rise to join those who have called for the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Years ago, when the United States was in the…

We worked in conjunction with a couple of our Senate colleagues, including John Kerry and John McCain.

I was privileged to lead a congressional delegation, a bipartisan congressional delegation--I think it was 1991--at the urging of then-President George Herbert Walker Bush.

the most important thing at this point for our country, I do believe, is disclosure, is making the information available

This is not the end of the conversation; it is the beginning of the conversation.

We want to make sure that people in this country know what is happening, and that we don't hide our candle under a bushel.

Delaware is the lowest lying State in our Nation. Our State is sinking, and the seas around us are rising.

Our country must become more proactive, addressing climate change before the storms arrive and preventing these massive losses.

The seven most severe storms since 2000 cost our country a total of $1.3 trillion.

As the Senator from the lowest lying State, I have already referenced it once today. But sea level rise and extreme weather are becoming more and more of a cause for concern.

We absolutely have to deliver on this historic level of investment.

In my view, something you have to sail around is the very definition of a hazard to navigation.

We need fish passage in order to keep the environment working and allow the, what do they call them, the anadromous fish to get up the river.

So following the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, I led a letter, along with seven of our Great Lakes Senators, to the Administration supporting the portion of the Corps' new construction to fully fund the Soo Locks…

We don't come together on a lot of big issues on a bipartisan basis these days. But we did pass on a strong bipartisan basis the comprehensive bipartisan infrastructure legislation.

I would like to offer a conversation on that one, sir, and would welcome any flexibility we could get.