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…

The extraction, development, and refinement of tar sands are harmful to communities' health in both Canada and the U.S.

this marks the 58th consecutive week we have been in session where I have come to the floor to seek to wake up this Congress to the threat of climate change. Carbon pollution from the burning of fossil fuels is altering the climate. The…

I ask unanimous consent that Senator Boozman precede me in recognition on the floor for such time as he may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Arkansas. ____________________

today I am pleased to join Senator Hatch once again in introducing the bipartisan Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act. Like the legislation we introduced in 2012, this measure will help keep American children and families safe from…

The gap is actually on your end in terms of having the capacity to look into the breadth of various programs.

There are all these dangers of how you keep that focus and how you keep that task properly done.

As cochairs of the Senate Oceans Caucus, Senator Murkowski and I express bipartisan support for the four pending international fisheries management treaties.

I think if the person is an appointee of the chief judge of the Court or the Chief Justice of the United States, they risk becoming the pet lawyer of that individual.

the great adverse relationship that the Founding Fathers built into the Constitution was the adverse relationship between the legislative and the executive branches.

It is a worrisome question to me, and I confess I do not have an answer to it in mind myself.

I think there is pretty broad agreement that that is a good idea.

So as far as you are concerned, nothing was withheld from you.

it has been over a month since Congress allowed the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program to expire. That means that more than 1.5 million out-of-work Americans-- including more than 6,000 Rhode Islanders--have by now lost a critical…

Farm bill policies touch the lives of all Americans, not just those who work in the agricultural sector. In addition to reauthorizing farm programs, this legislation deals with domestic and international food aid, conservation and the…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for about 15 minutes, perhaps as many as 17 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

I come to the floor today for the 57th consecutive week that the Senate has been in session to urge my colleagues to wake up to what carbon pollution is doing to our atmosphere and oceans. I have described Congress as surrounded by a…

I continue to urge the administration on health care to set a target for delivery system savings.

I think that we are a long way from having a clear sense of what our cyber law enforcement structure should look like.

I think we should all bear in mind that those concerns seem to have an interesting characteristic, which is that they evaporate in proximity to billionaires and big corporations tax goodies.

Health care expense is probably the number one part of our budget problem.

the Republican insistence on blocking even a paid-for unemployment insurance extension is costing this country a 0.2 percent GDP growth and is costing--will cost 200,000 jobs if it is not resolved.

I think is a sad commentary on politics in Washington.

The education oversight establishment as a collective creature has become so burdensome that it is now interfering with classroom teachers' ability to manage their classrooms.

We are having an ongoing discussion in the Senate about extending unemployment insurance.