My strong belief is that if we can continue this cleanup pace and even expedite it we will not only be able to have a safer environment in the Piketon area, but also it will cost the taxpayer less.

Unfortunately the President's budget keeps cutting it. Last year I expressed this concern to Secretary Chu. The Administration budget had a 33 percent cut to clean it up.

I think the chairman outlined it well. This is a thoughtful amendment to the underlying bill. Senator Shaheen and I are delighted to accept it and support it, but also to say this sort of fits a part of the overall energy efficiency effort…

as author, with Senator Shaheen, of the underlying bill, I have a list of a dozen or so bipartisan amendments that I would love to see us have a debate on, including the Inhofe amendment. The Inhofe-Carper amendment is a great example, as…

I stand to strongly support this amendment. I think it is exactly as the chairman has suggested. It is bipartisan. It helps to solve a problem we have right now, and I applaud Senator Bennet who spoke earlier, and also Senator Ayotte from…

we are finally here on the floor, and I would like to thank my colleague Senator Shaheen for her comments and for working with me over the last few years to get to this point where we can be talking about something that brings us together…

I object on behalf of my colleague who has an arrangement with the majority staff on this on the basis of his interest in objecting until he gets a unanimous consent agreement that I think is being worked on. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

America must also look to its interests here at home. Senator Shaheen just talked about that. Without a doubt, the ongoing chaos in Syria has served to remind us once again of the volatility and the instability that has plagued the Middle…

we rise at a time of great debate here in this Chamber and in this country about what the appropriate response should be by the United States to the horrific use of chemical weapons by the Government of Syria. That is a debate which will…

Will this bill pass the Senate is a question that I pose to my colleague from New Hampshire.

I thank the Senator for yielding. I appreciate that and I will yield back to her in a moment. First, I want to say that I appreciate her working with me over the last couple years on this legislation. This is the kind of legislation we…

This is a bipartisan bill that would allow a plaque to be at the World War II memorial.