we have a long way to go, and I look forward to listening to the testimony today for the best ideas on how we can move ahead

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Dental Crisis in America

we're proud of what we've done in SCHIP, and we're proud of new innovations and new models

it's beyond the capacity of dentists who often practice all by themselves with the help of a single or two dental hygienists

we said in those 5 years, how has the situation improved, has it improved at all, and how can we improve access and improve the delivery systems?

Will you work with us on this concept of on bill financing?

The budget before us actually invests only half as much in weatherization for 2013 as we did in 2008.

We think if we're serious about energy efficiency and using electricity as efficiently as we can, this will be a major step forward.

It is beyond comprehension to me that we are not moving forward aggressively.

It is very sad that we have a major political party where many of its leading members actually reject what the, virtually, the entire world scientific community is saying.

The degree to which, as a Nation, as a Congress, we are not dealing with the horrendous planetary crisis of global warming.

It's just common sense, if I lower your fuel bill by 30 percent, why not?

I think energy efficiency is a huge step forward.

If there's any win/win/win situation that I see in this country, being aggressive about weatherization is it.

Coming up with loans that will be repaid as a result of lowered billing?

If I could just point out, picking up on Senator Udall's point, in recent years we have seen, as everybody in America knows--not only are we paying outrageously high prices at the pump, but we are seeing oil companies making huge profits…

I thank the Senator for the good work he is doing. What I would like to do is just pick up on a point Senator Whitehouse just raised; that is, the record of history shows us that we cannot take the climate for granted. Our relatively…

If I could ask Senator Whitehouse and Senator Udall a simple question--and Senator Whitehouse raised this issue--all over the world, there really is no debate within the scientific community about the reality of global warming, the basic…

Well, the Senator is absolutely right. Everybody understands that if you are in business, if you are in wind or in solar, you have to be planning for the future. And if you do not believe or you are uncertain about whether these tax…

Absolutely. It is incomprehensible. Here we have technologies that are incredibly successful. They are producing substantial amounts of energy, without pollution, without greenhouse gases. They are creating jobs. Of course, we should…

I say to my friend, he is absolutely right. The issue we are talking about now is not only trying to reverse global warming and save the planet, what we are talking about is creating, over a period of years, millions of good-paying jobs…

If I can, let me just jump in to ask unanimous consent that Senators Whitehouse, Udall, and I be permitted to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

S. 1716 by Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT). S. 1716 not only defines a 'highly qualified teacher'...

I thank the Senator from Minnesota. The point that he makes is indisputable; that is, if we are serious about creating decent-paying, meaningful jobs in this country, why in God's name are we not extending 1603 for solar and wind and the…

I fear one of the major issues that not only faces our country but faces our planet is not getting the kind of serious debate and discussion it needs in the Senate; that is, the planetary crisis of global warming, what its impact is having…