We are all going to suffer if the planet continues on its warming pace?

Your plan allows partnerships to occur between States as another form of flexibility?

This is something having a huge impact on our economy, on our rural way of life, on our fishing, our farming and our forests right now.

I just wanted to draw it to your attention and say, in this first year of implementation of this agreement, after decades of fighting over the water, how important it will be for us to make sure that it happens in a timely and competent…

Part of the conversation we are having, as initiated by the Chair, was how the U.S. changes operate in the context of a global challenge.

these rules become part of an examination process that just is a burden and misappropriately applied.

I think you have gotten to the core of the type of feedback loop that is so important.

If we are getting $17 back for every dollar we put in, maybe there would be bipartisan support for that kind of smart investment.

this amendment recognizes that construction jobs can play a key role in strengthening our economy, and not just strengthening our economy with current jobs but rebuilding infrastructure or building new infrastructure that will facilitate a…

some of that wasteful spending in tax giveaways needs to be adjusted for a fundamental issue of fairness

I want to applaud you and the President for laying out a vision that changes the path our nation is on right now.

I rise to ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up Merkley amendment No. 174. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk read…

wealthy Americans should not pay the same marginal tax rate that working Americans pay.

I understand that the House has said that they do not want to do that and there has got to be more reforms.

Why should a working person pay a higher marginal tax rate than the rich?

You cannot have people out there who have served this country, you cannot have workers who have helped to build this country strong, that all of a sudden because of inaction we slash their benefits by 20 percent.

Something that has really struck me and certainly resonated in my town halls across Oregon is the low percent of our GDP that we are investing in infrastructure.

The numbers I have generally seen, but I have a feeling you have better, more detailed insights on this, is that the U.S. is now spending less than 2 percent of our GDP on infrastructure, that Europe is spending 5 percent, that China is…

in very brief format, this amendment is about recognizing that global warming is having an impact on some of the poorest countries around the world, and that the United States should work with these nations in terms of helping them address…

We need to make at least two years of community college universally available and this is a critical step in terms of doing it.

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To express the sense of Congress that the United States should…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of January 22, 2015, under ``Text of Amendments.'')…

The last thing we want is for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

Not only does it represent a direct threat, but it represents what could be the start of a nuclear arms race.

I wish today to address S. 1, which would approve construction of the Keystone Pipeline to transport tar sands heavy oil from Canada to the gulf coast. The key consideration is whether this bill, by authorizing the pipeline, would…