I don't see how any of this would have happened, but for Donald Trump's actions starting before the election, to de-legitimize the election, 'The only way I can lose is if it's a fraud, if it's rigged.'

this is a looming financial crisis that everyone in this room knows is happening, and it is one that we can prevent, but every day we delay it gets harder. This is a very reasonable approach, putting a bipartisan group together to bring us…

If we are talking about six to eight feet of sea level rise in the next century, that is a catastrophe, both a human catastrophe and an economic catastrophe.

The low-hanging fruit of climate change prevention is methane, and most of the methane comes from unregulated oil and gas drilling.

We are talking a lot today about the cost of transition. We also have to talk about the cost of not transitioning.

I ask unanimous consent that upon the conclusion of morning business on Tuesday, February 2, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Calendar No. 5, Peter Buttigieg, of Indiana, to be Secretary of…

if you ask 100 Americans what qualities they want in a public servant, I would bet there are a few common words that would come up. Smart. Dedicated. Bipartisan. Honest. Trustworthy. Humble. Simply put, they will describe Chad Metzler--my…

What is hard to calculate is the changes, the drastic changes to our economy, if we don't make this transition.

I want to join my colleagues in thanking Senator Murkowski. Senator, you have done a wonderful job as Chairman of this Committee.

I believe that nuclear development has a low carbon future in this country, but I am reluctant to support significant new development until we meet that promise.

I hope you do that analysis, because we now have applications for, the last time I looked, more than half of the domestic production of natural gas for export.

Offshore wind is one of the greatest potential energy sources.

There are going to be transition problems along the way, and they should be dealt with consciously, deliberately, and compassionately.

Somebody asked me my priorities on energy and I said, it is storage, storage, and number three is storage.

We have to be thinking about a strategy of protecting and transitioning people to a different economy in a hurry.

The most serious threat to the domestic price of natural gas is unfettered exports.

I wholeheartedly agree with you.

Winston Churchill once said that he could do a 2-hour speech extemporaneously, but a 10-minute speech took immense preparation. I don't know what he would have said about a 4-minute speech. We are a 240-year anomaly in world history. We…

I don't want to pack the court. I don't want to change the number. I don't want to have to do that. But if all of this rule-breaking is taking place, what does the majority expect? What do they expect? They expect that they're going to be…

``The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President''--Senator Mitch McConnell, February 13, 2016. I don't always agree…

I am sure you and I and all the Members of this body remember that night in late March. It was late at night. I remember standing in the back of the Chamber to see one of the truly historic votes. It was a unanimous vote of the U.S. Senate…

I think one thing the pandemic has taught us is that the unthinkable can happen.

Winston Churchill said the only thing worse than fighting with your allies is fighting without allies.

An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure.

If you don't tell your adversary that you will respond, then it is not a deterrent.