The war on fossil fuel has ended, but we still are not getting where we need to be in nuclear.

We do need to invest in innovation to keep our competitive edge over near-peer adversaries, like China and Russia.

While you are taking care of Senator Whitehouse's coastal areas, let's don't forget the most inland port that we have is in the Port of Catoosa in the State of Oklahoma.

Well, that bothers me, too, and I appreciate that.

I do not believe in interim protection. I believe if we are going to spend the money, get the permits, and try to put something in place to protect people and the economy, we need to build it to the point where it should be built to begin…

As the ice melts on the Arctic, our responsibilities clearly are going up. We don't have the capability we would like to have in the Arctic.

Last, we have a system of cooperative federalism. By the way, I have to say, on the pipelines, in the last Administration, you know and everybody around this table here knows the problems that we had with pipelines, so I think that is part…

The cities of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are protected by a levee system that was built in the 1940s, and the infrastructure is beyond its useful life.

The Arctic is key strategic terrain. Russia is taking aggressive steps to increase its presence there. I will prioritize the development of an integrated strategy for the Arctic. I believe that our interest and security of the Arctic would…

I have it on good authority that the project was on the Corps' list to receive one of the six new starts that Congress appropriated last fiscal year, but in the end, only one new start was awarded.

let me pause in this class warfare for just a minute to make a couple of observations that I think are certainly important to me. First of all, I agree that no one has said that the underlying bill is perfect. Incidentally, I will not…

I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks by the Senator from Vermont, I be recognized for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection.