Science will be her compass, not an ideological bent.

It's great to be here to help introduce a long time friend, Sally Jewell.

I also know how hard it is to leave the beautiful Northwest and come here to this Washington.

He was a brilliant, courageous leader who belonged in the halls of power and foreign palaces.

He led our country in implementing important legislation like the Clean Air Act, the 1992 Energy Policy Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

I think it starts in 2013 and is not fully implemented until 2017, or something of that nature.

I think it is of the utmost importance, given the size and scale of its impact to our economy, that the agency is held accountable during this process.

I am not interested in how she is going to implement the Act. I am interested in the commitment of the administration to live up to the way the Affordable Care Act says the provisions should be implemented.

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the Committee on Indian Affairs Rules of Procedure. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS RULES OF…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 3:00 p.m. to conduct a business meeting to…

Are you artificially raising the cost to all taxpayers by trying to lure people onto the exchange as opposed to giving them this option that is mandated by Federal law to be implemented in 2014?

I get the feeling you are overwhelmed by the details of technology. I get that point. But I am trying to emphasize a very important point here.

a campaign does not a candidate make.

the law says that you are supposed to implement this in 2014, so we are very concerned about the approach by the agency in trying to thwart this effort.

I think it should be implemented and should be implemented now.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hirono). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor this afternoon to speak against the amendment being offered by my colleague, Senator Coburn. I know he was on the Senate floor earlier today explaining his amendment, and I also know my colleague from Texas was just out…

The U.S. is a major contributor so we have a major leadership role to play.

We have to get to a clean energy future that invests in renewables and efficiency.

climate change is here. We need to take it seriously.

I wanted to make sure that I was here to congratulate you on your new leadership position as the chair of this committee.

I thank the leader, Senator Leahy, for his leadership in trying to get the Violence Against Women Act passed and for being down here and working on an agreement with the other side of the aisle so we can vote either today or in the near…

I ask unanimous consent that Sterling Laudon, Sarah Weaver, Rebecca Nolan, Kevin Murray, Will Stein, and Will Kellogg, staff on the Finance Committee, be granted the privilege of the floor for the 113th Congress. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on January 30, 2013, at 10 a.m., in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``What…

I come to the Senate floor to join my colleagues on the women's side of the Senate who will be coming to the floor this morning, along with Senator Mikulski--and I thank her for her leadership--to talk about pay equity and the issue of…