I thank Senator Levin for his leadership on this issue. I am proud to be part of his Levin-Whitehouse group in putting this together. If we boil down the discussions that we are having back and forth about the budget, they come to a very…

this Saturday marks the third anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. At age 3, the law is protecting consumers against abusive insurance practices, helping seniors by lowering prescription drug costs, and building the…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish life and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs wrote to us that ``the need to transform the world's energy economy while addressing global climate change is not only a religious and moral…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

I am here, once again, to sound an alarm about carbon pollution's damage to our oceans and to our climate. It is past time for Congress to wake up to our responsibility as elected officials and as stewards of this planet. The alarm has…

if I may respond by thanking the Senator from Florida for his kind remarks. He is the only Member of this body now or ever to have seen that view of our planet from the space capsule in which he looked down on Earth. He has spoken with…

I noted last week the Republican leader came to his desk and spoke about the budget and described our Democratic budget as a leftwing manifesto. We have done $1.8 trillion in spending cuts already. We raised $600 billion--one-third of…

I ask that I be recognized when the senior Senator from Arizona has finished his remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the modified request? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise today, as I have at least two dozen times in the past year, to say again that it is time for us to wake up to the stark reality of the climate changes carbon pollution is causing. Elected officials bear a responsibility every once…

may I take this opportunity to thank Senator McCain for his call to our consciences on the massacres in Syria by the tyrant Assad. I thank him for his reminder to us all that in the case of moral emergencies, those with the ability to act…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

I am back to again urge my colleagues to wake up to the stark reality of climate change. We often hear in this Chamber colleagues extolling the virtues of the marketplace. Indeed, a fair and open marketplace is the cornerstone of our…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:44 p.m, adjourned until Monday, March 11, 2013, at 2 p.m…

I am informed that at 5:30 p.m. on Monday there will be at least one rollcall vote on confirmation of the Taranto nomination. We hope to begin consideration of H.R. 933, the continuing appropriations bill received from the House…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 11, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read the second time on the…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 505) to prohibit the use of drones to…

I ask unanimous consent the resolutions by agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Politifact article that I referred to in my remarks be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Barack Obama Says the 12 Hottest…

I would like to add to the remarks I made a moment ago about climate change to respond to some statements that have been made recently on the Senate floor on this subject. As those of us who are advocates in the cause of doing something…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 71, S. Res. 72, and Res. 73. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

I ask unanimous consent that on Monday, March 11, 2013, at 5 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar Nos. 9 and 17; that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual…

I ask unanimous consent that H.R. 933, which was received from the House and is at the desk, be placed on the calendar. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise today in support of the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Ms. Halligan is an outstanding nominee with sterling credentials and broad support among the legal community…