Then, not long after that, the torture program came along, again supported by OLC opinions--in this case, so bad that the Department actually turned around and withdrew the opinions.

Along with the rise in the groundwater from effectively hydraulic sea level rise pressure, are you also seeing that salt water is intruding through the limestone into what previously were freshwater wells and water sources for homes and…

The hard, square corners of the jury box stand as a redoubt against influence and politics and the power of money.

Do you think the flood insurance program requirement that you build back in place needs adjustment where properties are predictably going to be flooded over and over and over again in order to protect the integrity of the Federal Flood…

So the multi-party effort has been a significant improvement over FEMA alone in the wild doing mapping?

I think in Congress, that a lot of the ideas that the OLC has propounded are really, really badly wrong.

I served as United States attorney back in the Clinton administration, and at the time, the Office of Legal Counsel was viewed essentially as the high temple of legal excellence and integrity.

Eight years later, there's still no evident sign of an honest look having been taken.

And is the warming of the ocean offshore, including measured up to literally Jacuzzi recommended temperatures, causing an effect on the strength of storms that hit Florida, particularly hurricane level storms that come from the ocean?

there's a timestamp on that very important naval facility because of sea level rise and flooding risk

if you could transition the world away from fossil fuels, Americans would instantly be safer.

there's a timestamp on that very important naval facility because of sea level rise and flooding risk

if you could transition the world away from fossil fuels, Americans would instantly be safer.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

there's a timestamp on that very important naval facility because of sea level rise and flooding risk

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:59 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 10 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 397 and the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following Senate resolutions: S. Res. 397, World Food Day; S…

I have four requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I now ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 25; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 68, S. 1170. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1170)…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be considered and agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.

H.R. 5860 was the continuing resolution signed into law on September 30. It narrowly averted an extremist-led government shutdown. That act included $16 billion in disaster relief for States like Florida, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania…

if you could transition the world away from fossil fuels, Americans would instantly be safer.

I ask that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time.

For the information of the Senate, Senators should expect rollcall votes in relation to amendments to the minibus during Wednesday's session. ____________________