It should put an exclamation point on the national security costs of depending on the Middle East for oil.

I particularly want to encourage the Administration to pursue every possible effort to electrify its fleet of vehicles.

The Federal Government spends about $24 billion every year on electricity and fuel and in the current budget climate, anything we can do to help find opportunities for greater efficiency and cost savings for the American taxpayer is worth…

E-waste is a huge and emerging critical issue and we are working with the EPA to figure out.

One of the great things about the sustainability effort is that it asks us first for data.

the Justice Department recently indicated in a letter to Congress and in court filings that it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.

I would strongly encourage you to do that.

But as a graduate of the Department of Justice, I remain concerned by the matter that we talked about in my office, which is that the standard that the Margolis memo applies to the Office of Legal Counsel in terms of what the Department…

Don is ideally suited to carry out the crucial tasks assigned to the Solicitor General, chiefly the representation of the United States in the Supreme Court.

I think it is just plain wrong as a matter of both fact and logic.

Her statement is both warm and enthusiastic in support of this candidate.

I think it goes to the integrity of the Department.

I appreciate the way you and Senator Crapo have worked together on this.

I will follow the good Senator's example so that we can get on to the witnesses.

if we are going to solve our health care problem, we are going to have to do it as a systemic solution in health care.

these are not ordinary times. These are extraordinary times from a budget point of view, which means that we can expect extraordinary policy consequences from the decisions we make.

we are not at this moment without votes on this important legislation for lack of effort by the distinguished Senator from Louisiana. She has been extraordinarily determined, as she was with her earlier small business legislation which she…

It seems that we have had very telling examples of agency capture in our recent history.

But I did not want the day to end without a reminder of the concern that H.R. 1 and the significant, serious cuts it imposes will produce significant, serious job losses. That is not something being manufactured on our side of the aisle…

I want to make three quick points in the time I have. The House bill cuts $2 billion out of the clean water and safe drinking water infrastructure loan programs at a time when EPA calculates we have a $600 billion water infrastructure…

We have here a bipartisan desire to proceed with a substantial cybersecurity bill. It is a national security priority.

I am here to speak about a report that was released by the Centers for Disease Control, which I think is instructive for the American health care system. We are currently in a process of change in health care. Changing the way health care…

I rise today to speak in support of legislation I have introduced with Senators Reed, Merkley, Sanders and Tester to enhance foreclosure protections for our servicemembers and their families, and to help ensure that their rights under the…

It is not because of Rhode Island release that we are not an attainment State, it is because we are downwind of other States.

Indeed, it is actually an economic win, because it allows us to compete effectively in hugely developing, rapidly growing industries that we would otherwise fall behind in and lose jobs and economic position to.