if I might, let me first thank Katharine Beamer for her service to the Senate and to the American people. She has been an incredibly valuable part of my staff, detailed from the Department of State to my Senate office. She has helped me…

I ask unanimous consent that Katharine Beamer, a Department of State detailee from my office, be granted the privilege of the floor during today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

today is the 37th anniversary of the Helsinki process. Starting with the signing of the Helsinki Final Act on August 1, 1975, this process began as an ongoing conference which helped end the Cold War and reunite Europe. It has continued as…

Climate change is upon us. It is real.

We plan today, recognizing that sea level is changing, and that we take steps to protect the shorelines from that type of damage.

Would the Senator yield. Let me thank Senator Menendez for his leadership on this issue. He has been very articulate about preserving jobs and creating jobs in New Jersey and in America. I thank him for once again standing for American…

And to take domestic American partnerships, which are here creating jobs in America and employing Americans, working for Americans, and to put them under the knife to make multinational corporations, put them in a different situation...

Maryland has been one of the leaders in developing sensible plans to deal with our environment.

the efforts that we have engaged in Congress with Senator Lieberman and Senator John Warner, Senator Kerry and Senator Boxer, in order to take responsible steps to deal with climate change, was not aimed at what was happening in the United…

I have been working to strengthen the ability of pass-through entities for two major reasons.

The time to act is now, to harden our infrastructure against extreme heat.

We can argue the cause, we can argue a lot of issues. But the facts are the facts, and we need to take the appropriate steps in order to protect the public safety and the economy of America.

I would urge him also to get, to require our oversight for better information so people know what the likelihood is of restoring power.

I think I would be very reluctant to give up the pass-throughs in what might end up being the tax policy of this country.

I rise to express my outrage at the recent attack on a tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, that killed five Israeli citizens and the Bulgarian driver and injured scores of passengers. This heinous act was obviously the handiwork of terrorists…

I have taken the floor before to talk about the health care reform bill, to comment on the Supreme Court decision, which I believe history will show was clearly the right decision. It was the right decision on the law giving the Congress…

today I rise to discuss the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the tremendous progress we have made thus far, and the need to do even more if we are going to stop this devastating disease in its tracks. The fight against HIV/AIDS has been a long one. In…

I ask unanimous consent that Hala Furst, a Presidential Management Fellow on detail to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, be granted the privileges of the floor for the duration of the debate on S. 3414. The…

I thank, first of all, my colleague from California, Senator Boxer. I happened to be on the Senate floor and listened to my Republican colleagues as they were talking about the estate tax. I think we have to clarify what this legislation…

I ask unanimous consent that Elizabeth Eickenberg, from Senator Merkley's staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

today I am proud to introduce the Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act. I am introducing this bill because I have grave concerns about the impacts the Federal mandate for corn ethanol production is having on the price of food in this…

The fact that they have shipped arms to terrorist organizations from Hezbollah to Hamas and other terrorist groups.

It shows Iran is more willing to take risks. It shows it is willing to be more confrontational, and this is a shift that to me is quite dangerous.

One of the options, of course, is that there is a coup from within and that there is no predictability as to what type of government comes next.

Iran is a very dangerous country. It is an oppressive regime to its own people, which is of great interest.