It is good for our planet. It is good for homeowners. It can be good for our economy as well as our environment.

The spread of green housing is not only imperative from an environmental standpoint, it can also produce real cost savings.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the privilege of the floor be granted to a member of my staff, Heide Bronke Fulton, during the pendency of the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2194, Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, for each…

Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of this conference report for robust sanctions against Iran. I was proud to serve with, among others of my colleagues, Senator Dodd, on the conference committee. I want to recognize the hard…

It is with this in mind that we have introduced S. 3516, the Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010.

It establishes new requirements for investigation of all accidents and the public sharing of data from these reviews.

I will look forward to the answers because, you know, we have a history of MMS allowing, for example, on inspections...

So, therefore, your moratorium not only figures out how to move forward in a way that is safer, because I know that the administration still has a view that we have to have drilling.

Now, what would happen if that was still the law?

Right now, between regulators and big oil, what prohibits an inspector from signing off BP's exploratory plan today and accepting a job with BP tomorrow? Nothing.

Isn't this something we should be looking at? Isn't this the very essence of what we want to change at MMS?