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.

I would be glad to speak with the Senator from Georgia about that because he may find we agree more than we disagree.

I guess in the order proceeding here, I am here to bring the opposing views. Every week we are here, I remind this body of the damage carbon pollution is doing to our atmosphere and to our oceans. I have traveled to Senator Isakson's State…

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

we are embarked on a significant budget agreement that has as one of its components adjustments to America's health care costs. In the case of this particular agreement, I support the adjustments that have been proposed--things such as…

Along with a bipartisan group of Senators including Senators Portman, Klobuchar, and Ayotte, I introduced a bill earlier this year called the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524).

there has been some activity on the Senate floor today regarding the President's Clean Power Plan, with fossil fuel State representatives coming to decry that plan. I would simply note that on October 22, in the Wall Street Journal, many…

I congratulate Senator Vitter on the passage of the bill and would remark on the support for it by Senator Booker and Senator Menendez on our side of the aisle. ____________________

we have worked long and hard in the bipartisan Oceans Caucus to clear this Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015. It will help fishermen on all of our coasts better withstand foreign competition that cheats…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 774) was ordered to…

I now in turn ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 774 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I would like to speak for 5 or 6 minutes on the cyber bill. Unfortunately, I am here to express my distaste for the manner in which this bill has proceeded. I have an amendment that is not going to be voted on. Let me describe some of the…

last week the former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Robert M. Hoyt, passed away at the age of 92. Dr. Hoyt served this Nation under five Presidents and pioneered the peaceful use of satellites to understand…

This legislation would promote cooperation among key government agencies, such as DEA and FDA.

I wish to join my colleagues from Massachusetts and Hawaii to talk about the tax credits for wind. We have had a remarkably exciting new thing happen in Rhode Island this summer. From time to time, I am able to get out on Narragansett Bay…

I ask unanimous consent that Gifford J. Wong, who is an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

Americans across the board recognize the growing threat of global climate change. Last week was a big week on the conservative and corporate sides. New polling revealed strong support among conservatives for smart policies to stem carbon…

I would answer my colleague's question by saying that I think we are very definitely ready to go. We are particularly ready to go because of Senator Udall's achievement in securing the 60th vote, a filibuster-proof majority who are on this…

We heard a similar appeal from America's largest financial powerhouses last week. Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo released a strong call for governments to come together on a climate…

These are serious people running big, successful companies. They don't take climate change lightly, they don't scoff and neither should we. They are asking that elected officials find the courage to address climate change. Majorities of…

My only caution going forward is that, for all the wonderful work that has been done by Senator Vitter and Senator Udall to pull us together, for all the support that has been reached here, this is still a fairly delicate compromise. We…

My team was led by Emily Enderle, who leads my environmental team. She has terrific credibility in the environmental community, and she knows these laws very well, but even with that it was an enormously complicated task. This was a big…

While we have the floor and until Senator Vitter comes, might it be a good time to say a kind word about our staffs?

I know that during our process, our staff worked enormously hard, and the Senator's has been at this for a longer time than just that intense period of negotiation where we moved the bill in our section, so I defer to the Senator to make…

People have been talking about modular nuclear reactors for decades. So far, not a single one has ever been approved by the NRC.