I think it would be a mistake to unilaterally walk away from the realm of big data to protect our national security.

I do think we need to reconsider the value of ethanol, particularly ethanol produced in coal-fired facilities as a carbon value as opposed to adding to our carbon hazard.

All I can tell you is that for the folks in the industry who I talk to, they do not see it as a floor, they see it as a target...

I am back again for now the 51st consecutive week that the Senate has been in session to urge Congress to wake up to the effects of carbon pollution on the Earth. Today I wish to talk about how climate change is taking its toll on an…

I am here because I serve on the conference committee that is charged with negotiating a bipartisan budget deal. The Democrats have come to the table with a Senate-passed budget. The Presiding Officer will remember the long all-night…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich.) Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

I am here today for now the 50th time to urge my colleagues to wake up to what carbon pollution is doing to our atmosphere and our oceans. Once a week--50 weeks--every week. Why? Why do I do this? First, because it is real. It is very…

The jury trial is really a central feature of our justice system as the Founders envisioned it.

judges must respect the role of Congress as representatives of the American people

Thank you very much, Your Honor, and let me offer a general apology on behalf of the Senate as an institution to all of those who were inconvenienced by yesterday's activities.

I think judges are very much continually educated and affected by the public decisionmaking process that they steward.

The process that we go through traditionally involves the input of United States Senators to make recommendations to the President for these nominees.

the important role of the jury not just in our system of justice but also in our system of Government

I am here today for what is now the 49th straight week in which the Senate has been in session to urge that we wake up to the effects of carbon pollution on the Earth's oceans and climate, that we sweep away the manufactured doubt that so…

While I was awaiting my turn to speak on the floor, I had the opportunity to hear both Senator Boxer and Senator Baldwin. I commend both of them for very excellent and eloquent remarks and thank Senator Baldwin for her courage and…

No matter how long people are kept in prison, they should be nearer to their children, especially if they are mothers of those children.

But it is your experience as a practitioner that, other things being equal, higher overcrowding will have a tendency to increase violence and risk within the population?

So at a minimum, it would require additional costs.

Well, we certainly hope it is the moment of tremendous opportunity, and I want to thank you and the Urban Institute for the effort and the professionalism that they brought into that report.

I think that having every American have the ability to stand before a jury and be treated equally...

Unless it is burned.

I am delighted to be hosting this hearing of our Subcommittee, and I particularly want to welcome our distinguished ranking member back.

Absent such steps, the increased use of natural gas will aggravate smog, expose the public to more carcinogenic chemicals, and worsen climate change.