In fact, that is indeed one of the big lumps of coal Americans are getting. One in three American taxpayers utilizes this deduction, as should anyone who pays State and local taxes. How fair is it that on the money people have already paid…

we now go to the rapid round because we have 4 minutes left to cover our remaining topics. This provision is an attack on renewable energy. What does the Senate bill do? It undermines the integrity of the usefulness of the solar and wind…

climate disruption is the seminal challenge of our generation. It affects everything from our farms to our forests, to our fisheries. We are seeing huge impacts around the world: disappearing ice in the Arctic, melting permafrost, dying…

our Constitution starts with those three beautiful and powerful words: ``We the People.'' Our Founders envisioned a nation with a form of government that wouldn't result in a government by the powerful and the privileged but instead would…

Those are the types of scenarios that really give people nightmares.

Part of the reason for the discussion over no first use is because it creates more confidence among other nations that are nuclear-armed not to perceive a false attack by the United States.

If President Obama could not be convinced that it was worth the risks, I doubt that President Trump would be.

And it is those cases that give people great worry.

part of the point was to have forces that could survive an initial attack.

we have a very important role in this Senate--to provide advice and consent on nominees. Our forefathers, who wrote the Constitution, envisioned that this power would be used rarely because a President, knowing this power existed, would…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern Zach Foote be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

a few moments from now, we are going to come to this Chamber to vote on the nomination of Peter Robb to serve as general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. Quite frankly, if we allow this individual to be confirmed, it will be…

I do think when the Trump administration's scientists put out this information, boy, it bears paying attention to it.

When you say those who are concerned about global warming are paganists, totalitarianists, and Marxists, do you believe Oregon's farmers who are concerned about three worst ever droughts with the impact of climate changes are Marxists or…

Do you believe carbon dioxide levels have gone up dramatically?

Do you believe the planet is getting warmer?

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Kaila Davis, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

climate disruption is the seminal challenge of our generation. We have seen the impacts occurring all around the world. We see it in the disappearing Arctic ice. We see it in the melting permafrost. We see it in the change of carbon…

Are they pagans because they see the impact of climate change destroying the forests?

When candidate Trump said he was going to drain the swamp, did he mean to take the lobbyists and put them in charge of policy?

The first red column is a human caused impact from the Trump administration's EPA and fellow agency report.

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Isamar Chavez, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

our Nation was founded on a powerful principle encapsulated by the first three words of our Constitution: ``We the People.'' We are meant to be a nation, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, ``of the people, by the people, and for the…

One thing that I saw was a very innovative strategy where individuals, instead of buying the system, they buy time on the system.

Thank you very much. All of you brought different perspectives to bear and expertise. Much appreciated.