National defense leaders have sounded the alarm that climate change is a serious national security threat.

We cannot risk our kids' futures on the false hope that the vast majority of scientists are wrong.

I think that needs to be a part of the record if members are going to bring up so-called Climate Gate.

The real and clear issue with regard to climate change is that it is a threat we have to take seriously as a Nation.

the only thing necessary for evil to be triumphant is for good people to do nothing.

I think it is important for the hearing that we also include the Washington Post analysis of their claims which earned four Pinocchio's.

I very much appreciate the efforts of Senator McCain and Senator Sanders to get the VA health care bill through the Senate. However, I was somewhat disappointed with how abrupt and abbreviated the amendment process was; to wit, there was…

I do think that we need to figure out how we organize a common resource that can have their back and be their distant early warning system in a better way than we presently do.

I look forward to continuing to work with you on this.

We have to get this done, and we have to get it done now.

I am not convinced yet that we are doing the thinking that we need to be doing about what our cyber enforcement structure needs to look like 5 years out and 10 years out.

I had the pleasure of speaking yesterday while the Presiding Officer was in the chair on the 242nd anniversary of the burning and sinking of the Gaspee by Rhode Island patriots. I am here today to mark the 60th anniversary of a different…

I am so glad to have you here because a recurring tradition on the Senate floor is about to take place, and it is always particularly good for a Senator from Rhode Island to have a Senator from Massachusetts presiding while I talk about…

Under the unanimous consent request, the floor reverts to me, but the distinguished Member from California, my chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has joined us, and I will yield for the Senator from California. The…

That sets the frame for what we are doing. We have had four Democratic Senators speak. We will be joined, I believe, by Chairman Boxer and perhaps others later on in the evening. Pursuant to the unanimous consent we have agreed to, I yield…

Thank you, Mr. President. First, I thank Senator Sanders of Vermont, Senator Markey of Massachusetts, and Senator Heinrich of New Mexico for their remarks. I look forward to the remarks of Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma. Viewers may wonder…

It is not an objection at this point, but I think it is our understanding that the Senator from Oklahoma will speak for 20 to 30 minutes but that the time would revert to me at the conclusion of his remarks after 20 to 30 minutes. If that…

Perfect. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Massachusetts.

I understand that S. 2450, introduced earlier today by Senators Sanders, McCain, and others, is at the desk. I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The assistant…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2014; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:23 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at 10 a.m…

under the previous order, there will be one vote at 10 a.m., two votes at noon, followed by a recess until 2:15 p.m. for the weekly caucus meetings, and then three additional votes at 2:30 p.m. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Warren). Without objection, it is so ordered…

the hope for this evening was that by extending a formal invitation to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, somebody would come to the floor who was not just outright denying that climate change is happening. For a while Senator…

I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader, with the concurrence of the Republican leader, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 523; that there be 30…