This bill authorizes funding for the EPA's Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and directs resources, particularly to disadvantaged, rural, and tribal communities.

That sounds just about as close as it gets, but at the end of the day, it will be a 'W' for us, and I hope for our country.

I want to make sure that your voices are heard with all these nominees, if they are confirmed, so thank you.

This bill helps to ensure that the drinking water coming out of the faucets across the country is safe to drink, regardless of a neighborhood's zip code or the economic status of its citizens.

I urge my colleagues to oppose both of the nominees today, but I strongly support both of these bills.

Good. Thanks so much. One last quick question for you and Mr. Marinos.

The last administration, as we will recall, repeatedly tried to undermine the census through political interference.

I will ask that one for the record, if I could.

I frequently say that the two most important ingredients to a healthy democracy are the same two ingredients that are helpful for a healthy marriage, and they are collaboration and communication.

Thank you for serving as our Acting Director in this capacity for a number of months.

While my colleague Senator Durbin is here, there is a real irony here to say that our Republican friends are not going to support Xavier Becerra because of his support of the Affordable Care Act. One key ingredient of the Affordable Care…

my legislative director is a woman named Xiao. Lucy is her first name, Lucy Xiao. She said to me several months ago, after the election--Joe Biden was elected--she said: You know, we were working on the USMCA last year. We worked with a…

I am delighted to rise today in full support of Katherine Tai, President Biden's nominee to be our next U.S. Trade Representative. As my colleagues are well aware, trade is an issue that impacts every corner of our country and, indeed…

I have seen drunken sailors spend money, and I am reminded a little bit of that today.

I rise today to support the historic nomination of Deb Haaland to be Secretary of the Interior. If confirmed, Congresswoman Haaland will be the first Native American Cabinet Secretary. And how fitting it would be at the Department of the…

For every dollar we provide in revenues, or for staffing, for technology at the IRS, they collect something like $5 or $6 in revenue.

Don't tax you; don't tax me; tax that fellow behind the tree.

The greatest challenge we face on our planet is climate change; too much carbon in the air.

I just want to salute Ford for the great leadership that you are providing in trying to gather a whole bunch of auto companies together.

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to complete my remarks prior to the recess. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that with respect to the Fudge nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I rise today in strong support of the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to be United States Attorney General and to describe some of the greatest challenges confronting the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ, as it is often called, is…

we have just invoked cloture on the nomination of Michael S. Regan, President Biden's nominee to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The vote was 65 to 35. To every Democrat and every Republican and maybe an…

there will need to be thoughtful policies in place to try to find work and training in new sectors for people who are losing their job as a result of this transition.

Forty percent of American households are now served by utilities that have pledged to completely decarbonize by 2050.