I will turn it back to you. Because one of the things that Hawaii is famous for that we do not have much of in Rhode Island is tropical coral reefs. Coral reefs are affected by acidification, by runoff, by warming, and they can bleach…

When the carbon is absorbed by the ocean, it makes it more acidic; and when the ocean becomes more acidic, it makes it more difficult for all the little critters that live in the oceans that have a shell to make that shell. Because shells…

I would love to. But before I do that let me follow up on the point Senator Schatz was making because you do not have to go to faraway island nations to see people who are being hurt by rising sea levels and eroding shorelines. You do not…

Climate science doesn't tell you that every day is going to get a tiny little bit warmer. Climate science tells you that putting that extra energy into the system will make the weather extremes worse, both warmer and colder. So the fact…

I think this is an important turning point, an important launch point for the final phase of getting to responsible climate legislation. We were so close. We were heartbreakingly close when the House passed Waxman-Markey and in the Senate…

Let me mention one thing. The Senator from Hawaii was good enough to mention that our hashtag tonight is up4climate, with the ``4'' being a numeral, so up numeral 4 climate. There was a remark made earlier that we are just going to be up…

Michael Brune, who is the head of the Sierra Club, came in to see a number of Senators the other day. He told an interesting story that lines up with what Senator Schatz said about how solar is a pocketbook issue and not a political issue…

Here is a fairly well-known Republican conservationist; indeed, perhaps the greatest conservationist President in American history: Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican. He had two very important characteristics that there is no reason the…

I appreciate that very much. Let me say for the Record I would be Morgan Freeman all day long and all night long, for that matter.

I am just waiting to hear what character I remind the Senator of, because this could be for good or it could be for very ill.

It is a win. The only thing I would distinguish a little bit is the example of the boy who went into the pool filled with piranhas and alligators and snakes.

On the point the Senator from New Jersey makes about economic power being the foundation for military power and the power of persuasion around the globe, one really does not have to look any further than back to the decline and fall of the…

It is interesting that my friend should mention his Chamber of Commerce. In Rhode Island, we too are seeing very active participation by our local Chambers of Commerce in green, solar, alternative energy, energy efficiency, and other such…

That is kind of the distinguished Senator, but I think we have managed to come within our time. As we close, I wish to thank so many colleagues who have participated in this early lightning round of statements by Senators. We expect to…

Thank you, Mr. Presiding Officer. The problem of carbon pollution could not be more real for my home State of Rhode Island. It is real for our country's future. I will be here in the wee hours and I will yield my time so we can compress…

The Senator's point about China makes me think that if you look at the behavior of the Chinese with respect to this power, you see a couple things. You see, first of all, that they have worked very hard to try to undercut our domestic…

Here are two families. Here are two families who paid a price. That wasn't built into the price of fossil fuels, but they sure as heck paid it and they just didn't pay it in the wrecked front of a building and entirely ruined their little…

may I thank the distinguished Senator from California for her speech. For those who know of her history with this issue and her leadership on pollution issues over many years, this was an important speech, and I thank the Senator very…

how much time remains under the control of our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 3 minutes 30 seconds.

Senator Feinstein is scheduled to speak next, and we are delighted that she is. Dinner Invitation I just wanted to make a public service announcement at this point in the evening. Any staff, Senators who are here through the night, any…

before I yield the floor to Senator Udall of New Mexico, this may be my last chance to speak before the all-night session comes to its end, because I am about to relieve the Presiding Officer. In fact, I am overdue for that. But I did want…

I am here now for the 60th time to ask my colleagues to wake up to the threats of climate change. To see the damage that is being caused by our shifting climate, we need look no further than the Winter Olympics. The most recent Winter…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 4, 2014, at 3 p.m., to hold an East Asia and Pacific subcommittee hearing entitled, ``Strengthening U.S…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 4, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on East Asia…

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee for his remarks, and for the relentlessness, enthusiasm, and passion which he has pursued putting together this extraordinarily strong bill for our veterans. I look…