Mark Dayton: “Thank you for all your years of dedicated leadership.”

I strongly urge this subcommittee to focus on the causes of the propane crisis and to take actions to avert one from happening next year and the years after.

Governor Dayton has said that legislation to authorize the bridge should be enacted by September 30, 2011.

I call up amendment No. 4663 and ask for its immediate consideration, and I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk…

It has been almost 6 years since I was sworn in as Minnesota's 33rd U.S. Senator with my friend and colleague Paul Wellstone at my side. I began my term hopeful and optimistic. The Senate was evenly divided, with 50 Democrats and 50…