If we allow for no growth, then in the 10-year budget period we are looking forward to more than $11 trillion goes out the back door of the Tax Code.

the growth rate in our health care cost has come down significantly since the passage of the Affordable Care Act

I honestly do not think that there is a State that is further ahead than Rhode Island in terms of developing an interoperable electronic health record.

Thank you, Mr. President. By the way, what a pleasure it is to see the new Senator presiding. Climate Change Mr. President, I rise every week on this Senate floor to talk about the dangers of carbon pollution to our atmosphere and to our…

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

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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 know that Senator Mikulski is keenly interested in it as well.

Other people count on those decisions, and they need to know.

I hope that the changes that we've agreed to in the rules will free up a little bit some of the obstruction on the floor.

I look forward to working with the Chairman and the Ranking Member to do that.

We are obviously going to see a lot more of that as we dump more and more carbon into our atmosphere and we create the setup for continuing worse storms.

I ask unanimous consent that the period for morning business be extended until 6:30, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

So on the subject of what we leave to our children and grandchildren, let me turn to the point of my remarks, which is that it is time to wake up in this body to the reality of what we are doing to our climate. It is time to wake up. Madam…

I am here because I was on the floor the other day and I heard--while I was waiting my turn to speak-- Senator Hatch give a speech. I have the very highest regard for my friend, the Senator from Utah, and his speech was very thoughtful. It…

I actually came to speak on another subject, but I had the opportunity to hear the minority leader's remarks as I was waiting to speak. I would point out in response that our friends on the other side love to characterize the spending that…

I am delighted to see the Presiding Officer in that seat. I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 20 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

If agreements are that easily broken after they are made, then the sinews of the Senate begin to come apart.

I am inclined to, and I want to, support enhanced traffic on the Mississippi River.

We have had cases, including a case in Rhode Island, in which trained police officers who were off duty responded to a situation, and because they had not been adequately trained in how to respond off duty and because they were out of…

I think to pretend that the number is in double digits or that the number is zero is flagrantly wrong.

Does a teacher have the inner fiber to carry that weapon, the awesome responsibility?

I believe that that continues, although I am no longer a U.S. Attorney.

Well, trust me, that is what it was. And it would not be banned under the statute.

The engine repair people, the net repair people, the folks who process the fish that are caught, the folks who sell fuel to the fishermen, the people who do maintenance on the boats--there is an entire economic ecosystem that is knocked…

As I heard the compilation from the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire, it was a pretty small percentage of the bill, and I was going through the math in my head. If it was a $60 billion bill, with a $150 million appropriation that…