
Mr. President, first of all, I thank the chairman for allowing us to debate this amendment this afternoon. I think this is one of the most critical amendments that certainly we have talked about to date, and moving forward, unless we…
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Mr. President, first of all, I thank the chairman for allowing us to debate this amendment this afternoon. I think this is one of the most critical amendments that certainly we have talked about to date, and moving forward, unless we…

Mr. President, in deference to the chairman, I will be brief. But I come because I feel compelled today because of the two amendments this body will be dealing with: one is the McCain amendment and another amendment later in the day…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Tennessee. I commend the Senator from Tennessee who has worked tirelessly for months on this legislation but in particular has worked tirelessly on this particular amendment. I rise to try and make…

Madam Speaker, Speaker Pelosi took the gavel of this House in January of 2007, and she made a promise to this House and this Nation that the new Democrat administration of this House would be the most honest, most open, most ethical…

Madam Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 8 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

Well, I think the operative word of what you just said is 'practicality.'

Mr. President, I come to the Senate floor this morning to talk about the current pending business before this body. This is an issue which obviously raised its ugly head a couple of years ago with the financial meltdown that occurred in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for up to 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, what is the current status of the Senate? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The pending business is S. 3217.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the National Urban League on the 100th anniversary of its organization. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be able to give my congratulations and support in this Chamber today to the National Urban League…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5160 introduced in the House of Representatives by my friend and colleague, Representative Rangel. H.R. 5160 is an important piece of legislation to extend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery…

I commend Senator Isakson for his support of this initiative.

In my experience with veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly those with Traumatic Brain Injury, the single biggest problem we had, which is now lessening, was they fell between the cracks between DOD and VA.

sings the praises of your Recovery Coordinator Program and says that it is most particularly beneficial for those that suffer from Traumatic Brain Injury.

My primary research interests, as Senator Isakson pointed out, are in Traumatic Brain Injury.

Mr. President, I will say more about it in my conclusion remarks, but first of all, Senators Dodd and Shelby, thanks for continuing your dialog with each other, and thanks for coming forth with the type of agreement that has allowed us to…