Tourism is an important industry for our country and especially for my state, Nevada.
I am a co-sponsor of the Travel Promotion Act, a measure reintroduced this week by Senator Dorgan.
I urge members of this panel to work with their colleagues on the Finance Committee to implement a permanent fix so airport private activity...
I'm supportive of your efforts, Chairwoman Klobuchar, in S. 835 to drive open fuel standards for automobile manufacturers.
Senator Lugar raised a question with me and--publicly--about why some of this money isn't getting out there into these companies.
I see it as very significantly stronger and a much better card to play in the international negotiations.
We're talking about a social program, where we're investing in paying them for environmental services so they stop cutting down the forest.
The Waxman-Markey bill puts that out there; it says we're going to have this separate goal, we're going to put some investment directly in d...
Cap and trade, as it is currently defined in the Waxman bill... is not economy-wide.
This is not about what Mr. Menendez was talking about, 'I need more offsets.' This is about net reductions to protect the atmosphere.
The recipients of these bonuses will not be able to keep all of their money.