The previous speaker had a cute poster showing Uncle Sam talking about cuts, and we know that we have a long- term deficit issue to deal with. But I think it's appropriate to look at the numbers, and the simple numbers are things that we…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Colorado, Mr. Udall, and his staff for arranging this opportunity for us to speak on what is a far more important issue than I would have imagined, oh, 20 years ago. Before I came to the Senate, in…

Mr. President, I am here to join my colleagues to again talk about why it is so important that we pass this small business jobs bill that is before us. I so much appreciate the leadership of Senator Landrieu to try to get this bill…

Thomas Jefferson said, ``When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.'' Make no mistake about it, there is fear in the air. Now elitists in Washington, DC, would have us…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Well, it's truly remarkable to come to the floor on what may be the second to last day of a long summer session and only be considering the second out of the 12 appropriations bills that Congress…

And this fall they will have the opportunity to elect a majority that will do just that. Announcement by the Chair The CHAIR. Members are advised to heed the gavel.

With the passage of this bill we can do an even better job in Vail, Beaver Creek, and in our mountain communities in showing you a good time, Mr. Speaker. And in showing you a good time, Mr. Speaker, we're going to create jobs for the good…

Mr. President, I was going to talk about small business lending and some ideas about how to get our economy moving again. I feel compelled to say something. I had the privilege of visiting, almost a year ago, the Cleveland Clinic. The…

Mr. President, I wanted to engage my colleague from North Dakota because there is a strong base of bipartisan support to do this, and I also believe there is a strong majority community across America that supports this. Don't get it out…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague for yielding the floor. I invite him to stay. I want to talk about a renewable energy standard we need to have in an energy piece of legislation. I know it is something he is interested in, and has been…

If the gentleman will yield, I just want the record to show that Mr. Mollohan and his staff have been very fair. And I would not want to have the connection of what I said earlier with regard to that. Mr. Mollohan and his entire staff have…

Mr. President, I am pleased to join my colleague, Senator Burris, from Illinois, and the other Senators who have been on the floor this afternoon to speak to the Small Business Jobs Act that is pending before us today. For weeks now, the…

Mr. President, I appreciate the opportunity to join my colleague and friend, the chair of the Small Business Committee, the Senator from Louisiana, in support of this very important piece of legislation. Let me first of all say: In her…

Yesterday the House passed a supplemental appropriations bill under suspension of the rules. I think--and I would ask somebody to look--I think this Congress, and every Congress has a history and has a name. I think this will be called…

18 months into this administration, one thing is clear: the economic policies of this administration and this liberal Democratic Congress have failed. Nearly 15 million Americans are unemployed. Unemployment hovers near a heart-breaking 10…

Perhaps my career as a public schoolteacher and having survived 20 years of the high school lunchroom makes me more optimistic than some of my colleagues in here--the idea of the trust that I have in our young people and in this country to…

I wish to address the security of our citizens. Here's a headline July 26 that we're going to see repeated across the country in the next year: ``Linwood Cops Face Job Cuts.'' We are facing a 25 percent reduction of police officers in…

We are involved in a race today. It's a race to grow clean energy jobs, and we are in a race with the rest of the world and particularly China. China recently announced they will be investing over $750 billion over the next 10 years to…