If we are to have any meaning to never again being something of import, then we must do more than just simply stand by the sidelines.

I am going to support your nomination. I am going to hold you to what I expect to see in robust enforcement.

I hope you will come, after you're the Interior Secretary, with me to the Statue of Liberty, help me break the shackles on the crown.

I am confident that the committee--and the full Senate--will conclude that he is exceptionally well-qualified to serve in this important position with great distinction.

I think this nomination hearing is one of the most important this Committee will hold.

This is a bittersweet hearing for me. My hermano, as we call each other, 'my brother,' is going to go serve the Nation, he's going to leave the Senate, where he has served with such distinction.

We will embrace the ethic of renewable energy with a new vigor and a new resolve.

Finally, as Senators, we all know that we can't make all the people love all the decisions we make all of the time.

She will not only be the first African American Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, I believe she will be the best Environmental Protection Agency Administrator we have seen in the history of that department.

I am confident that the Committee and the full Senate will see that she is eminently qualified for the position and will confirm her for this important post.

there is no question that if we had had better disclosure and better information as it relates to home ownership today, we would not have the problems we have.

I believe that every family, every man, woman, and child, deserves a place to call home.