the world community is pretty much in line now recognizing that China has been taking advantage of the system.

I think it needs to be a multilateral response and not just a unilateral one.

the Trump administration released its National Climate Assessment that got a lot of attention, despite being released the day after Thanksgiving.

One of the reasons it was such a problem was corruption.

I think it is absolutely critical to their agendas going forward.

I expect we will hear from our State and Treasury Department witnesses about the value of U.S. contributions to the IMF and the World Bank.

I could not help but recall an article I had read about how China is the major financer of new coal plants around the world.

A lengthy answer avoiding the core point of the question, but thank you.

Do you share the viewpoint from the administration's report last Friday that carbon pollution is a significant world problem and we need to act quickly to address it, a point that was also made last month by the IPCC report that was…

I drafted legislation that I think would get us there. It is S. 2757, the National Economic Security Strategy Act of 2018.

today, we honor and celebrate Joan Middleton's commendable service to the Senate Employees' Child Care Center. On September 30, 2018, Ms. Middleton retired from the Center, where she worked as a floater assistant teacher for no less than…

We must force the administration to quit partnering in this decimation of civilian infrastructure and bombings in Yemen.

I think there very well might be. There were 44 votes for the Senators Lee, Murphy provision that went before the Senate to say that we should stop providing fuel and support for their attacks on Yemen.

Those individuals who we find out were involved should be subjected to the Global Magnitsky Act, which that has a limited amount of power, but it does say we will freeze your assets.

We should stand up for human rights everywhere in the world, and certainly such a murder is unacceptable if indeed the murder happened.

We need to send a powerful message here, not one that basically tries to create space for some sort of spin or cover story to develop.

Thank you, Mr. President. Today I rise to bring attention to the No Internment Camps Act. This is an important bill to make sure that America does not repeat the mistake of World War II and develop and expand internment camps here in the…

I have a lot of concerns about the possibility of Brett Kavanaugh serving on the Supreme Court. They are concerns that come from many different directions, but let's start with the precedent that this body has not reviewed his full record…

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I wish my colleagues were here to share in this dialogue because there is such an absence of other Members sharing with each other their perspectives. We have a world that is enhanced by a media world that lives in a different universe…

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It is a great question or a great point because when you have resources, you can respond to the impact far more easily. You can take and say: My house has been devastated, but I have the resources to go buy another house in a safer area…

I am delighted to be here with my colleague from Rhode Island. This is a coast-to-coast presentation, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and on around the world, because our oceans are in deep trouble from climate chaos. It is indeed time…

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I ask unanimous consent that my intern Berenice Vargas-Sierra be granted privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________