It is important for our colleagues not to get stymied over the next several months as we discuss proposals for tax reform and infrastructure and not to take action on this issue because we don't know how we will afford it. What we can't…

I feel that one of the key aspects here is the need to continue to do R&D and innovate and test and apply.

I am dismayed that instead of focusing on cybersecurity as one of the key issues of resiliency, he is instead trying to get a command economy approach with FERC.

I think when we think about this, the synchro-phasor technology that the lab has worked on and was part of your testimony actually saved California customers an estimated $360 million plus due to improved utilization of existing systems…

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to thank all the witnesses again. This is excellent testimony across many fronts and, actually, the diversity of ideas yet cohesiveness of the ideas is so important.

I am also requesting this morning... that we have a hearing on this in the future.

I hope that he understands the pressing need here and will restore the DOE's crippling cybersecurity budget that was proposed by the Administration.

I come to the floor this morning to talk about a GAO report, or a Government Accountability Office report, that is being released today, which says that the cost and impact to the Federal Government of climate change is in the billions of…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. GAO Climate Change Report

We should be exporting our ideas on fisheries management instead of letting people into our fisheries to steal our fish.

I actually think we should be going in the opposite direction.

Certainly there is no way to establish a large mine in the Bristol Bay watershed with the risk of all of those things happening.

I do not think that we can be too aggressive in saying that this is a very, very bad idea.

Why do it if it will devastate the salmon runs?

I think the verdict after decades is clear that good management of fisheries produces the greatest results.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most pristine areas of the United States, and we have been protecting it for decades for a reason. The notion that tonight, after 60-plus years, we would give up what is a biologically…

there is wide support for PILT from both Democrats and Republicans, as witnessed by this last vote. What we need to do now is to make sure that it works fairly for counties and is not done arbitrarily. The CRS found that taking the…

this amendment simply raises a point of order on any legislation that modifies or eliminates State and local tax deductions. I know there are many States that have tax deductions from their Federal obligations on property, but I am…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To create a point of order against legislation that would raise…

I call up amendment No. 1141, as provided under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Washington [Ms. Cantwell] proposes an amendment…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 305(b)(2) of that act for the purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second…

I come to the floor this evening to talk about amendment No. 1141, which would raise a point of order against any provision that would strike State and local tax deductions. As we talk tonight about how our country moves forward…

I come to the floor to speak against the budget resolution's containment of language that might direct our colleagues in the future to open up drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. I thank my colleague from Massachusetts for his…

I'm amazed. I found out from your story that they actually had an agreement, the minute he walked out of his office.