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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 202 and the Senate proceed to its consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be considered; the Conrad amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…
Mr. President, we are working on an agreement for consideration of the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act. We will notify Senators when votes are scheduled. ____________________
Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:30 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, June 22…
Currency manipulation is costing our workers jobs, and it needs to be stopped.
It is time for that to change, and changing means charting a new manufacturing strategy which will strengthen our economy and help create new jobs and new opportunities.
I think we need to see Congress step up to the plate.
Since the end of 2009, manufacturing has added 250,000 jobs approximately.
The U.S. needs to develop a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy built from the input of small and large businesses.
Even though our manufacturing employment has declined significantly since the 1970s, the U.S. remains the world's manufacturing leader.
It is time to crack down on China's currency manipulation and other unfair trade practices so that American companies and workers have a fair shot.
Manufacturing employment peaked in the United States in 1979 at 19.6 million workers. Today we are down to 11.7 million.
The unfortunate reality is that our trade policies have failed to protect our workers from unfair trade practices.
We must extend trade adjustment assistance to help workers who have lost their jobs based upon unfair foreign competition.
This is--if it is not the key thing we have got to do, it is in the top two or three.
We want to preserve Medicare for seniors. It is important. It is essential. But it is a mess.