So I urge my colleagues say what you want about sea level rise, enjoy your jokes and your mockery, but remember that for States like mine it is very, very real.

I think we are moving in the right direction.

I am here for my 132nd ``Time to Wake Up'' speech. We are now back from recess, and while we were away, one little thing and three really big things happened. The little thing has to do with the so-called war on coal which we have heard so…

What are the things that we could best do in Congress in changing the way payments are made so that care planning becomes a built-in, baked-in part of the treatment for all Alzheimer's payments?

Thank you very much, Chairman Collins, and thank you for how relentless you have been in this cause for so long.

I come to this Chamber for the 131st time to urge this body to break free and wake up to what carbon pollution is doing to our atmosphere and our oceans. Last week, scientists at NOAA reported that carbon dioxide levels at their Mauna Loa…

If the market is absolutely failed, then I think there actually is a role for Congress to step in and put some kind of price limits.

I think there is very broad concern, and I would suggest bipartisan concern, that we not interfere into any kind of pricing strategies that would interfere with the fair and free operation of the market.

Thank you, Chairman Collins. Let me first thank you and our Ranking Member, Senator McCaskill, for holding a bipartisan hearing on this very, very important question.

I am delighted to join Senator Casey of Pennsylvania and Senator Brown of Ohio on the floor this morning to applaud what appears to be the imminent passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. So far we have had less than a…

I am on the floor for the 130th time in my ``Time to Wake Up'' series urging us to wake up to the threat of climate change here. Time and time again, peer-reviewed science demonstrates that carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels is…

Thank you very much, Chairman. Let me associate myself with the remarks of Governor and now Senator Carper.

I thank the ranking member for that courtesy. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution states quite clearly that the President shall nominate a candidate when there is a vacancy in the United States Supreme Court. I would like the record…

the letter I have submitted was written to bring CARA to the attention of both the CJS and the Labor- HHS subcommittees. But those subcommittees, when they got this letter, had no idea the bulk of this would move from the Judiciary…

as one of the authors of the bill before us on the floor now, I wish to say that I appreciate and welcome the Senator's amendment, and I appreciate the bipartisan way in which it was achieved, with Sherrod Brown and Tim Kaine, as well as…

we rise to express our disappointment with what just took place. I am one of the authors of the underlying bill. I think it is a very good piece of legislation, but it would make a very significant difference if it had some funding. The…

I ask unanimous consent that I, Senator Shaheen, and Senator King be recognized for a 15-minute colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3345

if I can have 1 minute before the Senator departs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

I thank the distinguished ranking member of the Judiciary Committee very much. While he is on the floor, let me thank him for his leadership, support, and passion for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which was shepherded…

I thank the Chair. I would like to end this conversation on a happy note, after what I consider to be a very unhappy vote, and that is to express my appreciation to Senator Portman for his collegiality and his work over many years to get…

I am here to deliver my climate remarks, but I wish to thank the Senator from Florida for his description of what is happening up in space and what our fellow Americans have achieved. One of the unforgettable moments of my time in the…

I will continue my remarks. We were discussing the forums that the Presiding Officer, Senator Ayotte, Senator Klobuchar, and I organized. Out of that developed a national working group of stakeholders from the public health community, from…

no one appears to be seeking the floor right now, so I will take the opportunity to speak about our CARA legislation. Since the Senator from Ohio, who has been my partner in this, is now presiding, this is an opportune time to give some…

we are here on this conflict we have over a Supreme Court nominee, which has turned into a considerable, unprecedented fuss, I believe, for a fairly simple reason. The elephant, so to speak, in the room is that the Court has become a…

They need resources, not restrictions.