the urgent need to extend the clean-energy tax incentives that expire at the end of this year

It is time to stop clinging to yesteryear, like the naysayers who saw the first automobiles hit the road a century ago and said, 'Hey, the horse is here to stay.'

It is a mishmash, a crazy quilt of distorted incentives.

I call it 'more green for less green.'

Section 179D provides a tax deduction to help offset some of the high costs of energy efficient components and systems for commercial and larger multifamily buildings.

today I am introducing the Southeastern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal and Economic Preservation and Development Act to provide a boost to the rural Oregon economy and to protect the world-renowned Southeastern Oregon landscape. I am pleased to…

we are working on the very important Defense bill, but I just wanted to take a few minutes to discuss another topic. For some time, with the support of the Senate majority leader, Mr. McConnell, Senator Merkley and Senator Paul and I have…

I rise this afternoon to discuss the Presidential Tax Transparency Act--legislation that I have authored with Senators Warren, Bennet, Kaine, Baldwin, and Boxer. The reason I proposed this legislation is that ever since Watergate, it has…

To help restore and protect funding for fire prevention and forest management, Rep. Mike Simpson and Senator Ron Wyden introduced the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act.

as the Senate works on the Defense bill, it is important to note the shameful squandering of taxpayer money by a defense contractor accused of willfully exposing U.S. soldiers to toxic chemicals while they served in Iraq. In 2003…

it was extraordinary to watch this bipartisan effort on TSCA. An hour ago, Senator Peters and I thought we were going to have floor time for some brief remarks. I would like to ask unanimous consent that Senator Peters have the chance to…

I ask unanimous consent that Senator Merkley, my colleague from Oregon, be allowed to finish his remarks prior to the recess. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Oklahoma.

rural Oregonians who have long worried about trains rumbling through our treasured Columbia River Gorge had their fears realized last Friday when a mile-long oil train derailed and caught fire in the heart of one of our State's crown…

It's absolutely essential to have oversight from a strong inspector general.

I share the view of the Chair and the Vice Chair. This is a really important job.

I think that any NRO employee who read those press reports might conclude that going to the Inspector General could be hazardous to their career.

When you're confirmed, are you going to have a meeting with the employees and inform them about how they will be protected from retaliation?

I ask unanimous consent that Lucy Ohlsen, a legislative fellow in my office, be given floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I have waited to give this speech for weeks, waited for the rhetoric to die down after the untimely and unexpected passing of Justice Scalia, and waited to speak about the sad state of affairs out of a hope that no more words would be…

I thank my colleague from Virginia, Senator Casey, Senator Brown, and Senator Manchin. They have been relentless in putting this issue of justice for the miners in front of the Finance Committee. Week after week, month after month, they…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Filling the Supreme Court Vacancy

last month the Department of Labor laid out new safeguards that will help middle-class savers in a rule pertaining to advice given by financial advisers. Today the Senate has taken up a resolution of disapproval that will undo that…

I think this has been an excellent panel.

The policy of encouraging retirement saving through tax-preferred accounts should not require opposition to reducing taxes on other forms of saving.

We all know that comprehensive tax reform is going to have to be bipartisan.