Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Casey pertaining to the introduction of S. 1944 are located in today's Record under…

Mr. President, this Middle Class Tax Cut Act is very simple. It does two things for employers and also helps employees. Last year, the Senate came together in a bipartisan bill. We passed a tax bill that, among other things, reduced…

I thank the Chair. Let me talk for a moment about the legislation. The legislation before us, as I said before, would both extend and expand the payroll tax cut that is in place right now. First of all, for employees, we cut it in half. So…

I ask unanimous consent for an additional 5 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, the problem with this proposal--and I hope we are reaching the point where we are actually coming together in a bipartisan way--is that it does not help small business. What we should be doing is cutting the payroll tax in…

Mr. President, I rise to speak about the issue of job creation and also supporting our small businesses and strengthening our economic recovery. One of the fundamental questions I have been asked in Pennsylvania-- and I think most Senators…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of the Bucks County Bar Association's most ardent supporters, my dear friend, Tom Mellon. Tom is known by many around the country for his passion and commitment to the law, but is equally known in the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the combined efforts of government at all levels, law enforcement personnel, nonprofit groups, local businesses, and community volunteers as part of the third nationwide Drug Take-Back Day on October…

There is a sense of urgency here or there is, I think, a greater sense of urgency that a lot of people feel in our country.

I think it is finally more apparent to people across our own country because of the assassination plot, because of what the IAEA reported recently.

I am a cosponsor of what Senator Menendez and Senator Kirk are trying to do.

Mr. Speaker, the hardship of all those involved in the recent tragic developments at Penn State University is heavy on our hearts as this community moves forward and these individuals and their families continue to cope with the horrific…

How can we continue to fund a government that works under that premise where they are granting their own corrupt government officials immunity from prosecution from stealing?

Well, at this point I am not convinced to support any legislation that would send any more money over to Iraq.

How can I justify to my people in the Tenth Congressional District of north central Pennsylvania that we are going to spend billions of dollars more in this Iraqi Government and my people are losing their jobs?

Perhaps we should ask the prime minister if he wants to keep these programs in effect over there to account for the money that has been missing.

But if I might interrupt you, how are you going to measure whether we are making any improvements on curtailing corruption over there?

There is no indication at this point. And perhaps you can help me with this rhetorical statement that there have been no plans for Iraq to pass back anything that we have spent over there.