the regulatory authority on Government ethics has not caught up with this post-Citizens United, dark money world.

I am not faulting that. I am talking about private meetings at the time that you were on the executive committee with some of the really, really big polluters with whom you have been very closely politically associated.

Oklahoma Strong PAC is your leadership pack?

It's like being asked to jump out of an airplane with no parachute but being told, 'Trust us, we'll build the parachute before you hit the ground.'

We have gone through the cases that you list as your environmental cases.

My pleasure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. ____________________

It is a complete black hole into which at least a million dollars goes.

You closed your super PAC, Liberty 2.0, but that took fossil fuel contributions as well, correct?

I thank the Presiding Officer, and I yield to the majority whip. ____________________

All of those groups and many others have gone very clearly on record that climate change presents significant health issues.

We have actually seen exchange premiums decrease in 2 out of the last 3 years, and that this has saved consumers nearly $220 million since 2012.

I'm a fan of and think they do good work at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Are you denying that those private meetings took place?

That may very well create a conflict of interest, mightn't it?

Did you raise money for the Rule of Law Defense Fund, front entities that will appear before EPA as potential defendants in subjects of regulation?

At this point, what I deduce from your statement is that if that set of hypothetical facts were true, if you had raised $1 million from a big energy corporation to go through the Rule of Law Defense Fund to support your efforts at RAGA…

If school districts around the country try to teach students junk science, will the Department of Education be with the students or with the political entities?

Can you assure us that your desire for charter schools is sincere, and that as the Secretary of Education you will steer away from efforts to deny traditional public schools the funding that they need to manage the charter school…

there are times when charter schools are just charter schools

the question is do you understand that when the parent makes that choice and the child moves to the charter school and the funding moves with the child, that leaves a funding gap at the previous school that it can't instantaneously or…

I don't recall ever being told that I could never have a second round in a hearing as a matter of principle before.

If it is your intention to create a downward spiral, that is not solved by different State policies.

I ask unanimous consent that Cristina Diaz-Torres and Elena Elkin, two fellows in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I have crossed through and beyond 150 ``Time to Wake Up'' speeches. People sometimes ask me how I come up with the material. It is actually easy, even week after week after week, because it only takes reading the news. If we look back at…

On behalf of 14-year-old Charlie, in Woonsocket, RI, who suffers from neurofibromatosis and can stay on his parents' policy until he is 26-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.