I am here for the 141st time to urge my colleagues to wake up, in this case more specifically to the political influence, particularly the dark money, that perpetuates the climate blockade in Congress. In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville…

Colleagues, this motion to instruct has bipartisan support from the authors of CARA. It reflects the bipartisan work that was done on CARA, and we hope that this motion to instruct will get a strong bipartisan vote. This motion supports…

I have a motion to instruct conferees at the desk, which I ask the clerk to report. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr…

I am delighted to be here. And before I ask my question, I just want to thank my colleague for what he is doing. I guess my first question would be, How are you doing? You have been on the floor for quite a while now, and I really…

If the Senator will yield for another question, it is my understanding that this position the NRA takes against any and every, even very reasonable, gun safety measure--and very likely, I suspect, for the reasons the Senator has identified…

I have some statistics here that I find a little surprising, and I would love to ask my colleague for his explanation of them. The statistics that I have are that 76 percent of gun owners and 71 percent of National Rifle Association…

We have some obligations that we ought to meet and that the American people would support us in meeting, and my question is, Do those obligations include not only strengthening our gun laws to make sure that certain individuals who should…

That problem applies to a convicted felon who can right now get around the conviction and go and buy a gun through either of those loopholes--online or from a gun show. It applies to a domestic violence abuser who is ordinarily prohibited…

To the point the Senator just made--if he will yield for one final question. When the government would have to go into court within 72 hours in order to try to interrupt the sale, presumably that would give the person on the terrorist…

If the Senator will yield for a question, does the Senator recall that years ago there was an effort to prevent armor- piercing ammunition from being sold? Because our police officers who wear body protection for protection against armed…

Will the Senator yield for one more question? I see my senior Senator Jack Reed on the floor. I am sure he wants to engage in a question-and-answer with Senator Murphy. Before that, may I ask one additional question?

The other question I want to ask is that in response to our effort to put people who are on the terrorist watch list into a category where they are not able to go and buy firearms in order to commit the acts of terror for which they are on…

in a Chamber where the debate on climate change has become woefully one-sided and in a Congress where House Republicans just voted unanimously to oppose the only climate solution Republicans have come to, I want to use my 140th climate…

I come here, as I do every year in the Senate, to commemorate the anniversary of a brave blow that Rhode Island struck for liberty and justice--the Gaspee Affair of 1772. On the night of June 9, and into the morning of June 10, 1772, in…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Gaspee Days

I thank Senator Merkley. We are pleased these provisions were included in a bill and believe it is fitting they are included in a package designed to protect the public from toxic chemicals, like mercury, and named after the late Frank…

we rise to highlight two mercury- specific provisions--the creation of a mercury inventory and expansion of the export ban to certain mercury compounds--in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act that the Senate…

as the song said, it has been a long, strange trip getting here, and it has had its share of near-death experiences, as Senator Udall is intimately aware of. I was involved with Senator Merkley and Senator Booker in one of those near-death…

I am really grateful to the junior Senator from Delaware for inviting me to his home State and for joining me here today for my ``Time to Wake Up'' speech No. 139. Senator Coons and I spent a terrific day touring the Delaware shore. You…

I am back with my increasingly scuffed and battered ``Time to Wake Up'' sign now for the 138th time to urge that we stop sleepwalking through history. Climate change, as we know, is already harming our oceans and our farms, our health and…

for over 40 years the Clean Water Act, passed in a bipartisan manner, has strengthened the health of our waterways.

That's Rhode Island's story.

the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers' implementation of the Clean Water Act as an overreach of Government authority

We do not believe the revised bill will have any major detrimental impact on public safety and transparency.

I just wanted to put in a word of appreciation for the Senators Chafee, father and son, who championed this brownfield legislation for so many years.