They need resources, not restrictions.

The classroom teachers don't have a lot of faith in the education oversight machinery.

I worked very, very hard on the middle school piece of the ESSA, and on the innovation schools piece.

For too long, though, America's higher education system has lacked a focus on outcomes and value for students and families.

I do think it is important that there continue to be a supply chain that is available to the fishing community and people who are boaters to make sure that they are not put at risk by the harm that too much ethanol can do in a marine…

I am here now for the 128th time to urge that we wake up to the ugly changes that carbon pollution is wreaking on our climate. It is happening all around us, and it is happening right now, not in some far-off future. As humans we are…

I think if the Court's membership doesn't change, that improves the standing of the Clean Power Plan considerably.

I hope that in the future (a) you will be punctual about getting these rules out on time, and (b) that you will take into consideration the period of innovation in those industries where we can potentially earn extraordinary social returns.

I think the Department of Education needs to take a clear message from this bill that they need to align what they're doing much, much better with what's happening locally and become less of a stifling effect and more of an invigorating…

there are grants that the Federal Government makes to States to support their juvenile justice programs, and there are conditions that come with those grants. But I want to make sure that what is clear from the exchange is that this is a…

I am here to show support for my Judiciary Committee chairman's effort to move this measure by unanimous consent. He has described the bill in considerable detail, so I will not repeat his description of the bill. From a point of view of…

Again, for the Record, I am the Senator from Rhode Island, not the Senator from Vermont. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

may I clarify one point? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.

investigative author Jane Mayer has written an important piece of journalism--her new book, ``Dark Money''--about the secret but massive influence-buying rightwing billionaires led by the infamous Koch brothers. Jane Mayer's book catalogs…

I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I am keen to work with members of this committee to try as best we can to define and refine our response to the earmark rule.

I wanted to make an additional point, and I think I have the sympathy of the Chairman and the Ranking Member in this, which is that when we disarmed ourselves of being able to do what were then called earmarks, i.e., have any specific…

Let's get these rotten old pipes replaced.

We are a terrestrial species, but we get a lot from the oceans in terms of cooling of the planet, oxygenation of the atmosphere, fish that we eat, and the place I think we might be hitting our ecosystem the hardest is actually in the…

I also think it is important, I do think where there are problems, they may not be nationwide problems, but local problems are real problems.

I have two observations in closing. One is in sympathy with Senator Rounds and the elk having to rot where they are shot.

If something were going badly wrong in Rhode Island, I would hope you would be willing to help me.

the Senate is still at work crafting a package of energy legislation that can earn the support of a broad majority and potentially become this body's first comprehensive energy efficiency legislation since 2007. This is my 126th weekly…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lee). Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

this is the last vote in this tranche of votes, and I hope this can be a bipartisan vote. We all understand that a shadow has fallen over this Chamber since Citizens United, and that is the shadow of dark money. The American public is sick…