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I figured out that even if we electrify half our cars and trucks, we would still need about 10 or 11 million barrels of oil, of crude oil, a day.

We worry about nuclear power but it provides 70 percent of our clean electricity, no sulfur, nitrogen, mercury or carbon.

Did you consider whether it would be a good idea for the oil industry to self-insure in the way the nuclear industry does?

I am a big advocate of rewarding outstanding teaching, master teachers. I think it is the Holy Grail of education.

States seek a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that supports this State leadership and innovation, and does not remain a barrier or seek to codify a single right answer for national education reform.

the mother of all unfunded mandates

I really compliment President Obama for his appointment of Secretary Duncan.

These discussions continue today both on campuses and at the national level.

I highly recommend him to this Committee and urge his speedy confirmation.

I want to make sure that we are smart and not cheap, and that we remember that it is out of our research and development in defense and in the universities, the laboratories, and these small agencies like DARPA and ARPA, which spend…

As long as we have a First Amendment that permits Steve Forbes, a fine American, John Kerry, a fine American, and others to spend their own money, that all we are doing with limits is turning Washington into a city of panderers for $1,000…

I support this legislation. I hope we can bring it out, report it quickly, bring it to the floor.

We hope to get the legislation we are working on up and going when we come back from recess and move it through the Senate and have something to be proud of.

In the middle of an election, my friends on the other side of the aisle are trying to change the campaign finance laws to discourage contributions from people with whom they disagree.

I look forward to the legislation that we all worked on together to strengthen the Senate in two ways.

The electric vehicle bill is a good start as a pilot program to do our part to take what I think is the best step forward in reducing our use of oil. It's a small step, but also a big step, at no cost to the taxpayers.

I would say that our newest members must be the most experienced new members of the Committee in the Senate, maybe in Senate history.

Watergate was cited as an example of corruption of the system, although there was nothing in Watergate that would have been prevented or made illegal by the 1975 Act.

If you are willing to remove the limits, I am willing to discuss with you what the disclosure definition ought to be.

They created an environment in which we made some real progress in not just changing Senate rules but changing Senate behavior.

In many ways, this is the most important Committee in the Senate because it has a particular responsibility for preserving the Senate as an institution.

Our election system leaves responsibility for running elections in the hands of state and local officials.

The confirmation bill is a good bill for the Senate, and Senator Schumer and I are going to meet with the White House Director of Personnel and encourage them to clean up and make more orderly the executive branch nominations process so we…

I especially want to use this occasion to thank Chris Dodd for his career and his focus on children and families.