In reclaiming my time, that is ironic because one of the things you hear from parents is, When am I going to be able to get my kids to have their own imaginations and to not play somebody else's video games? To me, it sounds like this is…

Recapturing my time, as the gentleman was pointing out something, it just popped into my head, the old civics course that everybody in this country at least used to take in high school about the three branches of government that were…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate being recognized for this hour. I am real pleased to be joined by several of my colleagues. I want to raise an issue that is of real concern to the people of the State of Texas, the State of Alabama, the State of…

Reclaiming my time, the administration proposes a $1 billion cut in NASA's manned program. And at the same time, they are pushing $115 billion in new spending for ObamaCare after $700 billion in stimulus spending, which we are still…

Perfect statement, ``forfeiting the game.'' We were leading the game, we were winning the game until this administration came into the White House, and we just stepped up and decided to forfeit the game. Here's an article from Labor…

Thank you, Ralph. Mr. Hall is the dean of the Texas delegation. We are awfully proud to have him. He has been working long and hard for many, many years to make sure that every time we shoot a human being into outer space we plan to bring…

Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to say a few words about an excellent lawyer from Macon, GA, Marc Treadwell, who has been nominated to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, the district I was…

I think all of us really recognize that the $64,000 question is the weaponization of nuclear materiel in Iran.

Mr. President, I rise briefly, and with great pride, to commend to my colleagues the confirmation of Marc Treadwell from the State of Georgia to be a U.S. district court judge of the Middle District of Georgia. Marc is all Georgian. He was…

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Oklahoma for yielding. I will be brief. But I spend a lot of time, as all of us do, listening to the speeches of our colleagues. I spend a lot of time thinking about what they say. I was compelled…

I ran a company for 22 years and had 800 independent contractors.

Mr. President, I had the privilege of co-chairing the 58th Annual National Prayer Breakfast with Senator Klobuchar. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the transcript of the 2010 National Prayer Breakfast proceedings be printed in the…

Mr. President, I will be brief. This deals with two amendments, and both do the same thing, except for the way in which they are paid for. I appreciate very much Senator Reid's interest in this as the leader. I have worked on this issue…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. All time is yielded back. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant…

Mr. President, this is a tax credit extension, as with the previous amendment, but with a different pay-for. The previous was deductibility of punitive damages. This one is from the stimulus money. Both accomplish the same thing, which is…

Before you yield back, would you tell us a little bit about your Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Improvement Act that you have proposed.

I thank the gentleman for what he has had to say. I want to tell you that my wife is Dutch, so I took a little offense at the fact that we had an offer of help of a fleet of skimmers from the Dutch. It is my understanding we gave no…

Reclaiming my time for a moment, I asked Trent Frank, who is an experienced offshore driller, as we all know. I said, Trent, what kind of salaries do these guys make? He said, The ordinary laborer-- which in my day, at least, we used to…