Mr. President, I stand today to respond to what I believe are irresponsible and dangerous attacks on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court of the United States. Over a 3-day period, beginning on March 26 of this year, the Supreme Court held…

Mr. President, actually, I am not here to play the blame game. I am here to talk about a place where we in the Senate have found real bipartisan consensus. It is an issue that is critical to us in the State of New Hampshire and to all the…

Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the farm bill which is now before the Senate. As a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, I worked, together with my fellow committee members, on a bipartisan basis to put forward what we…

I commend the Senator from Kansas for his comments. I am fond of Canada. My mom's family is from Canada. It is remarkable. Canada, over the last 3 years, has aggressively sought out worldwide talent. I ask the Senator from Kansas whether…

Mr. President, I would like to thank my friend, the Senator from Kansas, for his leadership on this issue. This is something on which he and I spent a lot of time working, as have, I know, the Senators from Delaware, from Florida, and we…

As chairman of the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, I am very sympathetic to the concerns raised by the gentleman from Texas. I understand that last year DOJ notified prospective FY11 SCAAP applicants of this coming change and…

No. I hope we can get a number of our colleagues to join us. This doesn't fall under a traditional Democratic versus Republican lexicon. This is more about future versus past. This is the future of global competition for talent, for ideas…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 11, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $501,331,000)''. Page 99, line 17, after the dollar amount…

My amendment would bring down funding for ICE to fiscal year 2008 levels. I know that this is a time when it's critical to balance our budget and to cut government spending, and here's an example of a line item where we simply can't afford…

As we recall the brave heroes of the D-day invasion 68 years ago today, I thought of the new American heroes who are fighting for us on the front lines of Afghanistan, a place I left a few weeks ago, and the 36 hours I spent in the war…

Mr. President, I am so pleased to be able to join our colleague and leader on so many issues that affect women and families, Senator Mikulski. I am here today to join her and our other colleagues who will be coming to the floor to talk…

The Polis-Markey amendment would reduce the funding for unneeded nuclear weapons programs by $298 million in order to reduce the budget deficit. At a time of decisions, at a time of choices, we need to ask ourselves: How much is enough…

This amendment--and I appreciate my colleague from Virginia for helping to bring it forward here today-- will help reduce the budget deficit by about $25 million. At a time when we all know we need to make some of the hard cuts to balance…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 30, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $298,221,000)''. Page 56, line 24, after the dollar amount…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Defense Nuclear…

Mr. President, I rise to recognize a very special event taking place tomorrow in our Nation's Capital: West Virginia's first ever Always Free Honor Flight, a free trip for our veterans to see the monuments built for their service and…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Always Free Honor Flight

I would like to thank the gentleman from Illinois for yielding to me, and I appreciate working with him on this important amendment. This amendment would increase funding for the Office of Science by $15 million while cutting an additional…