Mr. Chief Justice, on my own behalf and on behalf of Senators Blumenthal, Booker, Coons, Klobuchar, Leahy, Markey, Peters, and Udall, I send a question to the desk. The CHIEF JUSTICE. The question is from Senator Whitehouse and other…

the publication Grist did an article recently about climate change with a bunch of images. I grabbed a few of those images, and I have added a few in this speech because they give a pretty good overview of the mess that we are in on…

I am delighted to close this out. Again, I thank Senator Sullivan. I think there is reason to hope for a really good appropriations subcommittee hearing on this subject in the coming year. I think there is reason to hope for another…

I come to the floor with a bunch of thank-yous after Thursday evening's happy news that Save Our Seas 2.0 passed the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent. I thank all of the Senate Members of our bipartisan Oceans Caucus. The Oceans Caucus has…

first, I thank the Senator from Arkansas for his wonderful remarks. We had a similar event in Rhode Island with veterans of the Battle of the Bulge who recounted their stories and who were celebrated by our State leaders, our adjutant…

we are rapidly running out of time to protect our future and that of our children and grandchildren from worsening climate upheaval. America ought to be taking every measure available to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from legislative…

I thank Chairman Enzi. I am delighted to join Senator Enzi on the floor today to talk about our bill. An enormous amount of work has gone into preparing for it, including, I want to say, more than a dozen hearings that Chairman Enzi led in…

I am here to speak about the success of the Affordable Care Act in Rhode Island. It has been very well managed in Rhode Island, and it has made a very big difference in many, many lives. The marketplace plan that the Affordable Care Act…

I rise again to call this Chamber to wake up to the threat of climate change, and in this particular case, to say about the Paris agreement and to say in chorus with literally millions of Americans, we are still in. In truth, America is…

I come to the floor today because I missed an important occasion in the Senate. We had a celebration recently of one of our more beloved Members, Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia. There wasn't much that could keep me away from that, but…

I ask unanimous consent that the vote on the soon-to-be-pending nomination be called up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Duncan nomination?

atmospheric carbon dioxide just hit new records in our atmosphere, the highest in the history of humankind, and I rise for the 260th time to call this Chamber to wake up. As we venture further into uncharted dangerous climate change, the…

for this 259th climate speech, I am going to return to the theme of corruption. Before diving into the how, let's start with the why because the scale and the remorselessness of the scheme of corruption the fossil fuel industry has run is…

I ask unanimous consent that unless there is objection, the 1:45 p.m. vote be held now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. All postcloture time is expired. The question is, Will the Senate…

today is my 258th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech, and I want to use this occasion to take us back to our oceans. Before I get into the substance of my remarks, I note that this will be the last ``Time to Wake Up'' speech during which Adena…

I am not going to be that long. I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to half an hour as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am here to speak on the confirmation of Steven Menashi to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. We have grown accustomed to the violations of norms around here, kind of a dumbing down of the…

I ask unanimous consent that Lucia Simonelli, an AAAS fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the chairman of the Armed Services Committee for his bipartisan work with my senior Senator, Jack Reed, year after year on the National Defense authorizations.

I rise today to remember our colleague and friend, Kay Hagan. The daughter of a World War II veteran, with many other members of our Armed Forces in her family, Kay made service to others a cornerstone of her life. Indeed, she wove that…

I am thrilled and delighted to follow my outstanding colleague from Maryland coming here to talk about climate change. That is the topic that brings me to the floor today as well. Those of us who are from coastal States not only have the…

I ask unanimous consent that the vote be extended until 4:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Seeing none, without objection, it is so ordered.

I am delighted to join my colleagues from Maryland and Delaware to support this resolution expressing disapproval of the Trump administration rescinding the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with its so-called affordable clean energy rule…

I am here for my 254th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech. In the time I have been giving these speeches, I have watched the shifting trajectory of climate denial. First, climate change was a hoax. Then, there wasn't enough science. Then, the…

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