Youre the father of earth day. Hows your offspring doing at age 20. Well, weve come out of this quite a distance since 1970. That is to say theres a great deal more awareness concern and understanding about the issue. Now than there was then. There is finally a recognition, an important recognition on the part general that the activities of man on the planet are actually dangerously degrading the ecosystem that sustains all of the oceans, lakes, air force, soil. So weve come some distance. We have a long, long way to go, but at least theres a much better public understanding and much better understanding the legislators governors and members of legislature, congress that this is a a vital issue. In fact, i my own view is that the status, our resources, our air, water soil, rivers, oceans and so forth minerals, the that is the most important facing mankind on the planet, because determines quite precisely our standard of living and the quality of our lives. And we have been dangerously
Youre the father of earth day. Hows your offspring doing at age 20. Well, weve come out of this quite a distance since 1970. That is to say theres a great deal more awareness concern and understanding about the issue. Now than there was then. There is finally a recognition, an important recognition on the part general that the activities of man on the planet are actually dangerously degrading the ecosystem that sustains all of the oceans, lakes, air force, soil. So weve come some distance. We have a long, long way to go, but at least theres a much better public understanding and much better understanding the legislators governors and members of legislature, congress that this is a a vital issue. In fact, i my own view is that the status, our resources, our air, water soil, rivers, oceans and so forth minerals, the that is the most important facing mankind on the planet, because determines quite precisely our standard of living and the quality of our lives. And we have been dangerously
Youre the father of earth day. Hows your offspring doing at age 20. Well, weve come out of this quite a distance since 1970. That is to say theres a great deal more awareness concern and understanding about the issue. Now than there was then. There is finally a recognition, an important recognition on the part general that the activities of man on the planet are actually dangerously degrading the ecosystem that sustains all of the oceans, lakes, air force, soil. So weve come some distance. We have a long, long way to go, but at least theres a much better public understanding and much better understanding the legislators governors and members of legislature, congress that this is a a vital issue. In fact, i my own view is that the status, our resources, our air, water soil, rivers, oceans and so forth minerals, the that is the most important facing mankind on the planet, because determines quite precisely our standard of living and the quality of our lives. And we have been dangerously
Benefit of a clean energy economy. It is time to wake up. I yield the floor to my friend, the distinguished senator from louisiana. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Ms. Landrieu thank you, senator. Im so happy to follow him on the floor today and some to see him again. Weve worked together on so many important issues, mr. President , wonderful to see you and to be back on the floor. I come today for a very special reason. I am so proud to present to the senate a package of lands bills that have been included in the Defense Authorization act. And whats significant about this particular package is its quite large and its the first package in almost six years, in almost three congresses which is quite an accomplishment for our committee. And i am so proud of the staff of our committee, energy and Natural Resources. I made this a priority when i took over as chair nine months ago. It was a long shot to see if we could put any package at all together. It had eluded us for s
Approaches the southeast of the United States coast. Right now a hurricane watch is in effect for puerto rico just two years after the ravaging of Hurricane Maria. And fema and all the others are ready. Then finishing off with an insult to san juans mayor. I spoke to the mayor earlier this afternoon thats another one, and she made her priorities clear. We are on the ground doing what we can. We are fierce, we are courageous, and we honestly have no time for the tweeting of the president of the United States who continues to, rather than do what hes supposed to do, continues to get underway with his divisive and aggressive comments towards the comments of people toward puerto rico. It would be diverting more than 270 funds to pay for the president s border priorities. Lets start with the latest on the storms track. Msnbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. Whats the latest . I there, ali. Well, we have that category one storm. When this all started, it was projected to be a Tropical S