My recollection is the Environmental Protection Agency has done a study that shows that we have $600 billion worth of water and wastewater infrastructure work that needs to be done.

I am captivated by your 34 to 1 return on investment ratio, and would invite you and any of the other witnesses who have return on investment valuations for water, wastewater, public safety, shoreline protection infrastructure to please…

I am completely supportive of Chairman Boxer's effort to try to get this moving before we end this session.

I think he has been here the longest.

Are you worried, Mr. Sullivan, that given the backlog at the Corps and the glacial pace at which many Corps-authorized projects proceed, you could be in a situation in which by the time the Corps actually gets around to doing the project…

One of my most intense frustrations around here is that we have these immense infrastructure needs. They are not going to get better. They are going to get worse.

To me, that is just, to use another phrase, penny-wise and pound-foolish.

And the glacial pace of getting to that, they kind of never catch up because they are not nimble enough to get the work done in time to have the effect, while the conditions----

I want to ask the distinguished chairman, who referenced the important word, ``compromise,'' if he has spoken about the extent to which this bill reflects not only the original bipartisan compromise between himself and his ranking member…

We need the jobs now still. My State is still at a very high unemployment level.

I ask unanimous consent that a fellow from my office, Mr. Todd Bianco, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 14, 2012, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Oversight of Basel III: Impact of…

as the Senate reconvenes this week here in Washington, many States are still working to clean up the wreckage left behind by Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, and the States are already making new preparations to…

My topic had been the acidification of our oceans as a result of carbon pollution now up 30 percent in acidity and projected to increase 160 percent in acidity at unprecedented rates in millions of years. It has been 50 to 300 million…

this week the conservation community mourns the passing of a great American leader, a passionate individual, and an inspiration and friend to many, Russell Errol Train. President Nixon first named Russell Train as Under Secretary of the…

I am very happy to allow my colleague from Indiana the time, and I appreciate his good work on cyber security and hope that he and I and others can work toward a legislative solution on that. ____________________

I am very proud to follow Chairman Conrad on the floor at this time. There is no person in the U.S. Senate who has worked harder on a budget compromise than Senator Conrad has. There is no person who has put out the hand of bipartisan…

Cap limits have not been adjusted for inflation or for construction cost increases.

I rise today to talk about an issue that is extremely important to people in Rhode Island and across the United States: protecting consumers and securing the integrity of Medicare by preventing waste and fraud. Individuals who commit…

The nation's water infrastructure is indisputably crumbling, and a meaningful reauthorization of WRDA would play a very important role in both rebuilding that infrastructure and rebuilding our economy.

We need good judges and we need them in adequate number for our system of justice to function.

Voting to confirm an individual to the federal bench is one of the most important and lasting decisions that a Senator can make.

Congratulations on the great honor of having been nominated by the President.

Well, equally, each of you is very, very impressive, and we look forward to pushing for a prompt confirmation.

In the event that the law requires... are you willing to take that step to cross public opinion and do what you believe is right?