I thank the Senator from Rhode Island and the Senator from New Jersey for engaging in such an energetic dialogue about these issues. Allow me to brag about Hawaii a little bit. I would like to speak about the incredible work Hawaii has…

I think the Senator is exactly right. In some ways that is a more dangerous argument than some of the other denier arguments, because it sounds like science. It is not, but it sounds like science. But the most recent, and in my view most…

I would hope. Global warming is a total fraud, and it is being designed because what you have got is you have got liberals who get elected at the local levels, want State government to do the work and let them make the decisions. Then at…

If I may, the Senator from Rhode Island has elucidated the problem with respect to climate change deniers. I wish to read a few quotes from Members of Congress, unfortunately. They would be funny if they weren't so alarming. These are…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island. I would like to offer a personal story from a young lady in Hawaii because I think it is very important to think of this in generational terms. Her name is Kara Tanaka, and she is a senior at a school…

I thank the Senator from Rhode Island. I am going to talk about something that I think is astonishing. The Senator from New Mexico earlier talked about this, but this is mind- boggling to me, and it may be a surprise that the Senator from…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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.

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…

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 wish to ask the Senator from Rhode Island to give us a little bit of context. The Presiding Officer and I are new to the Senate. I think it is important to understand tonight in context. From my perspective, having 30 Senators on the…

as you have heard here tonight, climate change is real, it is caused by humans, it is happening now, it is solvable, and it is time for Congress to wake up and take action. I want to talk now about an important sector of the U.S. economy…

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 real challenge…

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 not warming…

Aging infrastructure can be dangerous. Three out of every 4 dams are listed as high or significant hazard.

Are we moving toward this being firm power? Is this going to be intermittent energy?

I would assume that, to the extent that it's tidal energy, it's predictable and therefore maybe not quite firm, but dispatchable.

If we can realize this utility scale test facility then we will see small arrays of devices going into places where there's high cost of energy.

the overall objective here is to make sure that money is spent wisely and efficaciously.

For the record that would be a deal breaker in Hawaii.