clear, achievable, measurable, and enforceable science-based targets for carbon emission reductions.

So what is the signal that you want to send to businesses across the planet coming out of Paris, Mr. Stern?

And another big ask from Republicans has been that enforcement should not be left up to the United Nations.

I really believe we have the best witness here to deal with what is going to happen in Paris.

And Republicans have long decried any international agreements on climate change that do not conclude meaningful action on climate change from developing countries.

Mobile broadband also enables innovation and new opportunities for job creation.

The key here is that States are going to be able to participate much more. When we started with the original bill, we worked more towards having States participate. I know that Senator Daines has been very generous to us and shown us great…

I say to Senator Manchin, I want to thank you too because I know you have labored hard on this, and you helped the original cosponsors get together and talk with each other and help them find common ground. With Senator Vitter here, we…

I thank Senator Whitehouse. I very much appreciate his comments here today and especially appreciate his participation in terms of moving this forward in a bipartisan way. I worked with my staff diligently on this bill. I was lucky to have…

I thank Chairman Inhofe very much. I thank him for his leadership. He is the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. I remember we came early on--Senator Vitter and myself--to him, and said: We have been working on this…

Earlier, before the Senator got here, this is what I showed everybody, which is a picture of Frank and his grandchildren. You know well how he always talked about his grandchildren--

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy until about 3:40 p.m. with Democrats and Republicans who are going to show up here--I think Senator Vitter, Senator Inhofe, Senator Whitehouse, Senator Manchin, and we may have others who…