Mr. President, all of my colleagues, I think, know by now, after all of these months, almost years, how deeply I feel about the need to stop EPA regulation for a period of time so Congress can have the time we need to develop a smart…

Mr. President, I wish to say to the Senator from Massachusetts, I saw no smirks on the face of this Presiding Officer.

He is a breath of fresh air and so is the Senator. I wish to follow up. I was not planning on doing this. I wish to talk a little bit about clean air and the responsibilities the Environmental Protection Agency has to meet the Clean Air…

Mr. President, if I could begin in the spirit of morning business, I am here to talk about the importance of passing the reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research Program. I think it is important because our future economic…

Mr. President, I come to the floor again today to once more honor another great Federal employee. I know the Presiding Officer and I, as well as some of our colleagues, recognize that in the State of New Mexico and the Commonwealth of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the period of the quorum calls between now and 2 p.m. be equally divided between both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Abortion on demand is an American tragedy, but public funding for abortion and abortion providers is an American disgrace. Fortunately, we have never been closer to denying public funding to abortion providers in America than we are today…

The SOAR Act opens the schoolhouse door. It reopens the door for opportunities for these families and for their children in the District of Columbia. And I believe it was before a model for the Nation, and it can be so again. So I…

I thank the distinguished chairman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue, which is near and dear to my heart, as it is to the hearts of thousands upon thousands of families in the District of Columbia. Mr. Speaker, I also rise…

I thank the gentleman. This bill, the SOAR Act, reestablishes a program to send D.C. students to private elementary and secondary schools. The main issue that I struggle with, that this body needs to struggle with, with regard to this…

If the elected officials and people of Washington, D.C., wanted a system of school vouchers, they would have created it and not relied on the Federal Government. The important moral imperative of education reform can occur with or without…

Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation to extend the Section 45G short line freight railroad tax credit. Section 45G creates an incentive for short lines to invest in track rehabilitation by providing a tax credit of 50 cents…

Madam President, I know we are about to recess, but I wish to take a minute or two to add my voice to all the women in the Senate who have been here today and thank the Presiding Officer for her leadership for encouraging us to honor…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for bringing forth this important resolution and finally bringing to the floor of the House the discussion about the war in Afghanistan. Wrong war, wrong time, wrong place. Intelligence estimates are that…

Madam President, I was honored to participate in the events at Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last surviving American World War I veteran and the representative of the lost generation of our…

On rollcall No. 189, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Point of Order

Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this resolution, of which I'm proud to be an original cosponsor, and I'd like to thank Representative Kucinich for his work on this resolution and also mainly for his…

No one can deny that the increasing costs of the war in Afghanistan are constraining our efforts to invest in job creation and jump-start the economy. Yesterday, I joined a bipartisan group of 80 Members of Congress in sending a letter to…