Regulating carbon is a 'bureaucrat's dream,' because 'if you control carbon, you control life.'

Climate change is a great challenge of our time.

I hope that today's hearing will serve to make the case for strong, cooperative, bipartisan action.

Communities obviously are driven by tax revenue from development and real estate development and therefore there is that incentive.

Rising ocean temperatures, sea level rise and ocean acidification pose serious risks to our economy and communities.

My inclination is to think that after events that communities do that. Before events, they do not do enough of that.

I thank these Senators for their support. This amendment is supported by over 180 organizations including the National Immigration Law Center, National Council of La Raza, the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, National Latina…

I also have letters from over 100 organizations in support of amendment Nos. 1718 and 1504. I ask unanimous consent that some of these letters of support be printed in the Record following my remarks. I thank UNITE HERE, the Leadership…

Amendment 1718 is a modified version of amendment No. 1504. I made those modifications after working with Senator Graham, and he has agreed to support this new amendment. I thank him for his support. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The…

I have talked about how this bill treats immigrant taxpayers, specifically the restrictions on access to Federal safety net programs. The bill prohibits immigrant taxpayers from using programs they helped to fund with the hundreds of…

I rise to speak about an agreement I have reached with Senator Graham on the Hirono-Murray-Murkowski amendment No. 1718, which has been cosponsored by Senators Boxer, Gillibrand, Cantwell, Stabenow, Klobuchar, Warren, Baldwin, Mikulski…

I have been speaking on the Senate floor and talking with my colleagues about my concern that the immigration bill we are considering inadvertently disadvantages women who are trying to immigrate to the United States. I believe the new…