The current 75 parts per billion ozone standard has been too high since the day it was finalized by the Bush administration back in 2008.

we are winding down the end of this year and, indeed, the end of this Congress, and I am here today to give the last ``Time to Wake Up'' speech in this Congress. I am particularly pleased to be delivering it while my friend from West…

the existing standard, the previous standard, the 75 parts per billion standard, was criticized at the time that it was adopted by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

EPA's analysis that the benefits are between $6 billion and $13 billion and the costs around $4 billion, that analysis is not a first effort by EPA.

The revised standard is a significant improvement.

You have made a perfect segue to Dr. Ferkol.

So the risk is not that the child or the vulnerable person is going to suddenly begin coughing or having shortness of breath or have an asthma attack, it is that lasting, permanent insidious damage that is being done to the lung that is…

I would also like to State for the record that the question about proceeding with this hearing after the adjournment of the Senate last night was one that we have taken up with Senate legal counsel.

Somebody obviously didn't find the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee to be very credible, in ignoring their recommendations back in 2008.

I am on the floor this evening for ``Time to Wake Up'' speech No. 82. Scientists tell us that the evidence for climate change is now ``unequivocal''--not a word often used in scientific writing. The American people know that climate change…

while Chairman Feinstein and Chairman Rockefeller are still here on the floor, may I just take a moment to thank them for the work they did on this report. I am very proud of the moral certainty of leadership that both Chairman Rockefeller…

I had a chance briefly earlier, when Chairman Dianne Feinstein of the Senate Intelligence Committee and her predecessor as Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller, were on the floor, to express my…

So it seems to me--I think of it as a vestibule before you get into the case part where you get the victim, the Title IX folks or somebody representing them, the confidential advisor and law enforcement together.

I would like to acknowledge, as well, the commitment of Chairman Leahy, who last year shepherded the Violence Against Women Act through this Committee and into law.

I would note from a prosecutor's point of view that by formalizing that you are really not giving much away because in cases like this where consent is such an important part of the offense or lack of consent, the presence and willingness…

Senators McCaskill and Gillibrand have worked tirelessly to shed light on the scourge of sexual violence both on our college campuses and in our military.

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

I am here for my 81st ``Time To Wake Up'' speech and to ask this body to wake up to the effects of climate change and to say this: Acting on this issue will accelerate economic growth, spur innovation, and create jobs. We have settled any…

We have some very old infrastructure. In my lifetime, we were still pulling out wooden water piping.

I think it was Mr. Kricun who said that our water infrastructure was given a D by the American Society of Engineers.

I do it for pure economics. I am worried about economic growth in the United States and the creation of jobs, output and employment. If you tax people who work, you are going to get less people working. What the carbon tax would do is…

Our sea levels, like Maryland, I think Senator Boozman is fortunate that he doesn't have this problem, because he is in Arkansas.

I am pleased to be an original co-sponsor of the bill and hope to see more practical and bipartisan legislation to protect the environment and manage the ever-worsening problem of climate change.

In this New York Times op-ed, Bill Ruckelshaus, Christine Todd Whitman, Lee Thomas, and William Reilly wrote: A market-based approach, like a carbon tax, would be the best path to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. I know the big carbon…

The economics editor of The Economist magazine--which is certainly no hotbed of left wing sentiment--Ryan Avent, has posted a comment on climate policy and his question is: ``Do economists all favour a carbon tax?'' He says: The economic…