If the Administration actually wants to trigger this, and the President really wants to be known for being an environmental President, then we have got to unleash that capital.

If the Administration actually wants to trigger this, and the President really wants to be known for being an environmental President, then we have got to unleash that capital.

Part of the goal of the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill is to leverage private dollars.

Louisiana cannot get primacy. We are told that our application is actually being referred to as a model as to how to get primacy.

the amendment's benefits are clear. We include Virginia Foxx's House amendment protecting religious employers, endorsed by the National Association of Evangelicals, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the March of Dimes, and the U.S…

I commend my colleague's efforts to ensure this bill has strong religious liberties protections. We share that intent. I am told that the title VII religious exemption, which is specifically referred to and which, by the way, was drafted…

What you can say objectively is that those candidates most closely associated with President -- former President Trump underperformed. That is objective.

I regret that my colleague has objected to this bill, but I reject the characterization that this would do anything to promote abortion. But it is probably not important what I think. I will quote the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…

today I honor and pay tribute to American Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi. Dr. Bertozzi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 for her outstanding work and dedication to chemical biology research. Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi is the Anne T. and Robert…

I think our party should be pointing to the future. I think our country should be.

The degree that both parties duck these big problems is the degree that the voter says, 'Pox on both your houses.'

Elections are about winning. And so, if folks want to look at these election results and decide that's where you want us to continue to be, then we're not going to do well.

First, we're not a cult. We're not like, 'Okay, there's one person who leads our party.' If we have a sitting president, she or he will be the leader of our party.

Our party should be about the future. I think our next candidate will be looking to the future, not to the past, and I think our next candidate will win.

I learned that the American people want a way forward that actually focuses on ideas, ideas that will make their lives better, not just their lives but that for future generations.

I am constantly struggling that when people say there is no consensus in Washington, DC, there is often consensus. It is just a question of a different means by which to achieve the goals and consensus. If I were to say that we would want…

I ask unanimous consent that Zachary Schultz, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges until September 29, 2022. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

James Bollich was born on April 15, 1921, in Mowata, LA. As a young man, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and participated in Louisiana maneuvers in 1941. In 1942, he was deployed to the Philippines, and 18 days after his arrival…

Louisiana has lost the equivalent of the land mass of Delaware to relative sea level rise.

For Louisiana, this is an existential issue.

I hear from families in Louisiana every day that they are struggling to keep up with gas prices at historic heights. It is becoming unaffordable to drive to work or drop their kids off at school. The 15-year-old pickup that they drive--not…

I ask unanimous consent that Caroline Watson, in my office, be granted floor privileges until July 21, 2022. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I think he's been helpful to the country.

let me begin by saying that I am proudly pro-Second Amendment. I believe in the God-given right for law- abiding Americans to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment has given millions of Americans the right to defend their spouses, their…

Really, our focus should be how do we give the parent the right to choose the school where her child can get the best instruction for that child no matter the moment?