I admire you for standing up, and Dr. South also, for standing up, and saying you have a right to be heard.

part of that reduction in habitat is putting more of the land into corn to respond to this public policy decision that the Federal Government has made.

Senator Wicker, you said my full testimony about the worst neighbors, the Forest Service.

Although these regulations would have a dubious effect on changing the climate, I am fearful the rules would have a negative impact on the livelihood of all energy users.

So you have a disagreement with the scientists who have demonstrated that we basically have flat-lined.

As we discuss the impact of climate on farming, fishing, forestry, and hunting, we must not neglect the effects that draconian climate regulations would have on these industries.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In absentia, thank you to Senator Tester for coming. We do appear occasionally on Crossfire and enjoy trying to match wits.

Mr. Chairman, I wonder if there is any reason to believe that if we raise electricity rates on American farmers and ranchers by double digits that that line is going to change one way or the other?

the President's goal, the amount of carbon dioxide we will save, China makes up with additional emissions in only 18 months.

I realize, Mr. Director, this is not a climate issue, but I am merely trying to point out that you are concerned about the migration of ducks, as am I, as are our people in Mississippi, particularly along the river counties and the delta…

I appreciate someone standing up and challenging the conventional wisdom. Martin Luther did that. Martin Luther King did that.

I have to say this: I have not today nor have I ever in a committee hearing insulted the integrity of witnesses on the other side of an issue.

Where is that additional capacity going to come from?

How much money and how many employees is this going to take, and will this negatively impact other fish and wildlife service programs?

Do you acknowledge that the Earth's climate has been changing up and down for tens of thousands of years?

Yesterday, as part of the President's climate action plan, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced a new set of rules to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Mississippi. Water Resources Reform and Development Act

I rise this afternoon to express my strong support for a new Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which we can send to the President this very week, and it will be a great bipartisan accomplishment. It will be a major win for…

I will quote at length from the Wall Street Journal this morning, because in mentioning this popular piece of legislation, the editorial gets right to the point. It says: . . . the reason [the bill failed this week] tells the real story of…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

MAP-21 consolidated a number of the programs that local units of government could access for funds.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. A New Normal

I sorrowfully rise this morning to take note of the sad state to which this great deliberative body has fallen, and I do so reluctantly because I must specifically criticize the majority leader of the U.S. Senate for bringing this body to…

And ideally, inflation should increase to 2 percent, and that would be a better result as far as you are concerned?

Okay. And Senator Klobuchar said she saw no sign of a rise in inflation for the foreseeable future. You do not agree with that.