I thank Senator Warren for her terrific remarks. When I left off speaking, we were talking about the-- not just the web of denial of organizations that have been propped by the polluters to look as though they are real and to broadcast…

for purposes of the floor, I would like to say I understand Senator Sullivan from Alaska will be coming, and I will end my remarks so he can speak as soon as he arrives, but in the meantime, I would like to intersperse my remarks between…

we expect that the Senator from Delaware will be here shortly, but in the meantime, let me begin with a few remarks. This is the 144th time I have come to the floor to urge Congress to wake up to the threat of climate change. This week…

I see that Senator Cardin has arrived, so I will yield to him in one moment. But while Senator Cornyn is still on the floor, I want to express the sorrow and sympathy of the law enforcement community in Rhode Island for the loss Dallas has…

That letter is the voice of fact, of scientific analysis, and of reason. Up against it is the apparatus. The apparatus has the money. The apparatus has the slick messaging. The apparatus has the political clout. It has that parallel…

investigative books, journalists' reporting, and academic studies repeatedly compare the climate denial effort to the fraud scheme that was run by the tobacco industry to disguise the harms of smoking. When I was a U.S. attorney, the…

I am here for the 143rd time now to urge Congress to wake up to the damage that carbon pollution is inflicting on our atmosphere and oceans and to make a record for when people look back at this time and at this place and wonder why…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 20 minutes, although I don't think I will use it all. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

I was delighted to let Senator Graham celebrate an achievement by his home State university. I was pleased to yield him the time. Climate Change Mr. President, I am here, as the Presiding Officer knows, for the 142nd time to urge Congress…

I just don't think they're the only ones.

The principle of this is that there can be a process of alignment where the municipality, the Federal Government agrees that it will step out and let innovation happen...

I am really grateful for her leadership and that she and Ranking Member McCaskill agreed to hold this hearing.

the third is forbidding Medicare patients to receive home health care until they are completely homebound, even if they are terribly ill and it would be appropriate to deliver home health care.

Thank you so much, Chairman Collins.

One is the Medicare payment rule that forbids Medicare patients to receive hospice care and curative care at the same time.

Senator Whitehouse, as he mentioned, is addressing many of these issues with his Removing Barriers to Patient-Centered Care Act of 2016.

Thank you for your amendment on the Senate floor.

Another is the Medicare rule that forbids patients to receive Medicare coverage in a skilled nursing home without having had the two-night rule, the consecutive 3-day inpatient hospital stay first.

When we are dealing with this patient group--people who are usually elderly, often very, very ill, and at least in contemplation of their mortality--and we are trying to develop care plans for them that meet their wishes and their family's…

As many people in the audience know, Senator Collins has an abiding concern for this issue.

Just one additional point--presumably, these rules were all put in place with a good intention.

These rules, in your view, are obstacles?

The enforcement of these standards has meant a big deal to Rhode Island. We are back in attainment; our bad air days are diminished; there are fewer asthma and hospital visits.

I distinctly remember driving to work in the morning on a nice summer day and hearing the radio station tell me that today is a bad air day in Rhode Island.

So if you go to a purely monetary standard, you are likely to understate the benefits.