There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane or other greenhouse gases is causing or will cause in the foreseeable future catastrophic heating of the earth's atmosphere and disruption of the…

What good is flexibility if there is no chance of flexibility?

I do not believe the reauthorization act is the appropriate vehicle for a cruise passenger protection bill.

The President seems determined to wage an all-out war on coal, launching costly regulations that would have little effect on changing the climate.

I encourage the Cruise Lines International Association to work with Congress to find a market-driven solution.

The attorney general of West Virginia says, having been regulated under Section 112, the EPA lacks the legal authority to further regulate these emissions under Section 111(d).

In fact, in States like Mississippi, we are being punished by EPA for having a diversified portfolio of electrical generation.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 100, nays 0, as follows: [Rollcall…

Congress deserves the opportunity to examine how we can strengthen the transparency of crimes on the high seas.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I wish to subscribe to the views of my colleague from North Dakota on the importance of developing our great resource of natural gas and turning it into a liquefied form and solving a lot of the problems we face around the world. I also…

You could go back, though, and get the committee some cost comparisons for testing in the past and supply them to us on the record.

I think probably the chairman would want you to get back to us about how we can be helpful in pushing the timeline.

I rise to speak about a very troubling issue--to speak about innocent lives being stolen from communities and neighborhoods across our country and around the globe. I speak of the issue of human trafficking. Last month, in more than 100…

I will let Senator Cardin have the last word on this matter, and I see there are others who want to speak on other issues. Let me emphasize to everyone within the sound of our voices that diplomacy and foreign policy are carried out not…

I congratulate my colleague from Iowa, a senior Member of this body, someone who is respected around the globe for being willing to meet fellow parliamentarians and to successfully put forward language that was adopted by consensus. If I…

I thank my two colleagues from the other side of the aisle for joining with us today in this colloquy. Let me say how proud I was as a Republican Senator from Mississippi to stand shoulder to shoulder with my colleague from Maryland Ben…

It may be that Senator Harkin will want to touch on this issue also, but I think it is significant that we have such great leadership in both bodies--in the Senate and in the House--with the OSCE, people who are willing to take the time to…

I suspect that his views on budgeting are considerably different from mine. That is because his candidate won the Presidential election and mine did not.

I remember 3 years ago--it was almost exactly 3 years ago--Mr. Secretary, when a devastating tornado hit Smithville, Mississippi, and Secretary Donovan came down within days with two other members of the administration, showed real…

I absolutely would be remiss if I did not thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your heroic effort and the work you have done on the Port of Gulfport restoration project.

Do you need any help from--from the Congress in that regard?

The modernization of our Nation's communications network... is expected to maximize the benefits of IP broadband networks to all Americans.

This hearing deals with preserving public safety and network reliability in the IP transition.

It is a fool's journey into the night to think that setting a good example will cause China to follow.