John Sarbanes

Then here comes climate change to raise our awareness to another level and begin to push the public policy.

Many of us are excited because we feel like there is a new level of commitment to cleaning up the Bay

One of the challenges we have in responding to climate change as a matter of public policy is that it can be a very abstract concept.

This is a critical discussion that we're going to have today.

I want to thank you, in particular, for this proposal because reinvigorating any program that is getting our young people out into nature is one I am a thousand percent behind.

My time has expired, but I think you have helped make the point I am trying to make, which is that there is all this alarm about how we would be tying our hands if we went back to the moratoria that were in place when in fact we could…

Thank you for holding the hearing.

The OCS discussion is one that we have been having for the last couple of weeks.

I am curious. Before the last year or two, when you must have fully expected that the moratorium would have remained in place...

I know it is incredibly difficult for the minority to resist the impulse to lob this energy rhetoric into every single discussion we have here on the floor. I am not going to take the bait, particularly on this resolution because this is…

It is my honor to rise today in recognition of the 187th anniversary of Greek independence. The Greek people have proven to be the greatest of allies to the United States over many decades. Today we have new opportunities to demonstrate…

I just want to say that I am in strong support of this amendment. I am glad to cosponsor it with Congressman Inslee. The way we are going to make improvement with our environment is when hundreds of thousands of people develop the habits…

Once again, we have a vivid, vivid example of this President's misplaced priorities. Earlier this month, the President vetoed the Children's Health Insurance Program, which would have extended private health insurance coverage to 10…

H. Res. 483 recognizes the 63rd anniversary of Big Bend National Park in west Texas and honors the National Park Service for their service to the Big Bend region and Big Bend National Park. Big Bend National Park is a spectacular…

I congratulate Ms. Solis again on her persistence, and congratulate her on having this brought to the floor today. I do want to say that while Cesar Chavez certainly cast a long shadow in the western United States, I worked with an…

Let this be the day that, respectful of the sacrifice of our men and women overseas, inspired and emboldened by the clarion call of the American people on November 7, 2006, and determined to show a decent respect for the opinions of…

Of course, that helps to explain what people are thinking about the economy. I know our distinguished colleague from Michigan talked earlier about the increase in health care costs, the increase in tuition costs, education costs, and the…

Isn't it the case that the VA, in providing health care for veterans, can use its bargaining position with the pharmaceutical companies to get lower drug prices and therefore is in a better position to provide more extensive coverage for…

If I understand that chart correctly, the people up to the 50th percentile in the last 5 years have actually fallen behind. They have not had an increase, they actually have had a decrease in their real weekly earnings. Is that correct?

This chart is a dramatic demonstration that this so-called economic recovery has not really produced jobs, which, after all, is one of the main purposes that we seek in terms of the workings of the economy.

We should compare that with the job growth that has taken place in all of these previous administrations. This is the smallest amount until we get back to Herbert Hoover, is that correct?

As I understand it, this figure here reflects the amount of annual growth rate of employment under the Bush administration.

And we have this unanimous consent request to take 10 minutes in order to proceed; we are trying to help the chairman move this process along.

I thank the Senator. Does that leave the Senator with enough time for his other purposes?

It underscores the deeper hole that these budgets are driving us to over the last 5 years, does it not?