I rise with 29 of my colleagues with a simple message for Congress and for our Nation: Climate change is real; climate change is caused by humans; and climate change is solvable. We will not rest until Congress wakes up and acts on the…

I thank the Senator. Although the tea party is in the State of Hawaii, they are not as strong there as they are in other places across the country. We do have a strong strain of conservatives across the State of Hawaii who want to get off…

If the Senator from California wanted to go for another 2 or 3 minutes, I could give remarks for about 10, and then the senior Senator from Oregon has remarks to give as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

Mr. President, I would like to address some of the tropes that our climate deniers tend to use. I will go through a couple of those before our great senior Senator from the great State of Oregon gives his remarks. The first trope is: It is…

I ask the Senator, what does that mean as a practical matter for the fisheries industry, for people who like to eat fish? What is the impact of ocean acidification? Because the Senator has, in very plain language, explained the science of…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Delaware for his powerful words and his participation in this great debate. There is plenty of room for a robust discussion about what set of choices we need to make in order to deal with this very…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we be given permission to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Booker). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Senator from New Jersey and the Senator from New Mexico for such an energetic discussion at this earlier or late hour, depending on how you define it. It is nearing bedtime in my home State, but for the rest of us across the…

One of the things I would like to add is a specific technology that is happening that is trying to be developed in the State of Hawaii and which is a perfect example of the kind of partnership between the clean-energy industry and some of…

I wish to speak a little bit about how I believe taking action on climate is consistent with conservative principles. My understanding of conservative principles--and I am a progressive--but my understanding of conservative principles is…

I would just add there is another motivation that I think will come to bear among all of our colleagues. Actually, the Presiding Officer spoke passionately along these lines, and that is our conscience. There is no doubt there are people…

Well, it is really important to dwell on the question of what is happening to our oceans, not just because it is critically important but because I think that because it is more difficult to see it does not get enough attention. What is…