I really want to focus on the question of coordination among the States, because that's really where we can be most useful.

I would ask, for the record, if you have the time and inclination, look at the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which I have co-authored along with a great number of candidates.

Should we be reviewing whether 42 CFR, Part 2, and its privacy provisions are an impediment to coordinated care?

We've tried in Congress to get mental health services, which include addiction services, treated more in parity with traditional physical health services.

That is why our national security, military, and intelligence leaders have warned that a changing climate can worsen the tensions that are fueling terrorism and conflicts around the world.

We clearly here are at a historic moment, and there will be a day when you get your apology, Dr. Titley, for being kind of the sacrificial lamb here, like Galileo, standing up for actual science.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The Senator from California.

as the Presiding Officer knows well, every week that I am here and the Senate is in session, I come to the floor to remind us of the damage carbon pollution continues to do to our atmosphere and oceans. Today I rise for the 120th time to…

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

I am here to join the chorus for providing some additional help to our seniors on Social Security. What can I say? Here we go again. In 2010 and in 2011, America's seniors were told by the Social Security Administration there would be no…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Epilepsy Awareness Month

I wish to speak for 5 minutes on Epilepsy Awareness Month. If the matter for which Senator Wicker is waiting comes to the floor, I will interrupt my speech immediately so I don't slow down his business at all. I know he has been waiting…

I am here to speak in what is probably my 119th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech related to climate change. I would like to take this occasion to express my appreciation to a person whom the TV cameras can probably see behind me sitting on the…

I think the point I am trying to make here is that the so-called voices of the business community that we are seeing here are in fact the voices of the fossil fuel industry.

it is a pleasure and privilege to follow the distinguished Senator from Indiana. His concerns for national security are well established, and I enjoy working with him, particularly in the area of cyber security. But I would note, in the…

I would also like to put into the record a recent press story called 'The Koch ATM,' which reports that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce received $2 million from Freedom Partners.

I would also like to ask a question for the record of the Chamber of Commerce, which is present here in the form of Mr. Eule.

I hope that as you go forward with your responsibilities in the space of apps and communications technology that are adapted to measuring health effects that you'll recognize that, in many respects, this is a very valuable and robust…

Do you agree that we need that other pathway? You said that was the opinion at the FDA. Is that your opinion as well?

You'd be looking along the lines of regulating technologies that could actually have a direct physical effect on the human body, as opposed to just getting information that causes you to think that, 'Oh, gosh, my heart's better, so I'm not…

today marks a dark milestone on the long road to environmental justice. Twenty years ago, Nigerian environmental and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was hanged, along with eight fellow defendants, following an internationally denounced…

it is my habit to give my ``Time to Wake Up'' speeches once a week when the Senate is in session. It is also a practice of mine to go to other States--particularly States that have Republican Senators--to look at what is happening in the…

Well, I was very happy to join the Senator. I thought Frank Jackson was extremely impressive on this subject. He pointed out that there are times in life when we simply have to go to the future, and if you decide to hang on to the past…

I see a number of Senators on the floor. I don't know if there is an order at this point that has been established. What is our manner of proceeding? Senator Isakson is here. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no time agreement.