Madam President, I rise to speak about an amendment I have offered and we will be voting on in a little while. It is amendment No. 216, and it is a basic, very simple amendment, but it will rectify or remedy a problem we have in our…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 216

Madam President, first, I thank Senator Landrieu for her leadership on these many issues and especially on this critically important legislation to small businesses and for allowing me for a few minutes to talk about the amendment I have…

Mr. Speaker, where do we get the gasoline to power our cars and jet fuel to power our airplanes? We all know that it comes from oil and that its price is dictated by supply and demand. President Obama realizes this. In fact, his advisers…

In light of your opening statement, I believe if I can paraphrase it, you said nuclear power should continue to be a key part of our national energy policy, is that correct?

In light of this, the administration has eliminated the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, an office within DOE expressly created by statute.

Now priority number three, placing burdens on small businesses, hindering economic growth and job creation and intruding on the American people's ability to make decisions about their health without Uncle Sam sitting at their bedside.

the Republican's first priority, H.R. 1, I am not saying this, but outside groups are saying, is cutting 700,000 American jobs.

What I don't understand is why my Republican colleagues now want to impose an avalanche of new paperwork on small businesses.

the second priority, H.R. 2, repealing the American people's access to some kind of health care and the same type of health care that Members of Congress receive and adding $230 billion to our deficit.

We have heard a lot of rhetoric lately about eliminating burdens on small businesses.

We are grateful, because you've been so effective and so capable, but also, I think, in a word, a great patriot.

Make no mistake: We, as the U.S. Government, consider Hamas a terrorist organization.

You have a fervor for change and for helping folks on the ground, and support for democratic change and human rights and development.

Yes; I guess in a region like the Middle East where you always have tension, that is one of the realities that will persist, even in this new environment.

The most basic American value, the right to democratic representation, is at stake in Syria.

I would hope you would reiterate in your direct discussions with the Qatari Government... that they renounce violence, that they recognize Israel's right to exist, and that they abide by agreements.

The Syrian Government's constant brutality, its refusal to allow peaceful marches, its insistence on widespread arrest campaigns, and its atrocious torture--the reports you read about the detention conditions are just ghastly.