Mr. President, I rise for a few moments to comment on the amendment our colleague from Florida spoke about a few moments ago. Tactical nuclear weapons and how that is addressed was the subject of a long debate yesterday. I wish to…

Thank you. I wish to speak about missile defense and I may be able to do it within that time or less. First of all, I wish to commend the work by this administration for the letter that was sent recently that reiterated once again the…

Mr. President, I rise to discuss the vote that will occur in a little more than an hour on the don't ask, don't tell policy. I have some basic thoughts about it, coming from a State where we have contributed probably as many or more…

Mr. President, I cannot understand it, especially when you consider the fact that we have 15 million Americans out of work. I know the numbers are high in all of our States. In Pennsylvania, we are fortunate. We are below 9 percent. We are…

Mr. President, let me say by way of response to our colleague from Alabama, I have great respect for and appreciate the sentiments he is expressing for workers and employers in his State, fighting hard for them, and the concern about jobs…

Mr. President, I rise to speak about legislation that has broad bipartisan support and will have a positive impact, if we pass it, on job creation in the United States. This is H.R. 6517, which is known as the MTB, the miscellaneous terror…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in legislative session and as in morning business for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I have sought recognition to introduce today a bill that strengthens the Armed Career Criminal Act in response to a series of Supreme Court rulings, which wrongly have restricted when and how the Act is applied, and have…

Mr. Speaker, it's over 1,900 pages long. It contains more than 6,000 earmarks. It costs over $1.1 trillion. It's the new Senate omnibus bill and it's a legislative travesty. A lame duck Congress with Members who won't be here in just 3…

Mr. Chair, I support extending the 2001 and 2003 income tax cuts for all taxpayers, reducing or even eliminating the estate tax, and limiting the impact of the alternative minimum tax. If those were the only issues before us today, I would…

Mr. President, I am grateful for the work our chairman, Chairman Kerry, has put into this treaty over many months now--in fact, many years when you consider his work as a member and now chair of the Foreign Relations Committee. We are…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of Senate 841. I commend Congressman Towns and Congressman Stearns for their efforts to improve pedestrian safety as the champions of the House companion…

Madam Speaker, earlier this week, a Federal judge in Virginia acted to defend the American people from an unconstitutional mandate to purchase health insurance. It really shouldn't be a surprise that a Federal judge recognized what many of…

Mr. President, I have sought recognition to introduce the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2010. This legislation was originally filed as an amendment, number 4693, to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act S. 510, but did not…

Mr. President, I have sought recognition to urge my colleagues to support and take up next Congress the bill I just introduced, the Restoration of Legal Rights for Claimants Under Holocaust-Era Insurance Policies. The bill would restore…

Madam Speaker, the Army's third highest award for combat valor is the Silver Star. Today, it is my honor to praise a Silver Star recipient from my district in State College, Pennsylvania, Chief Warrant Officer Two Mark Roland. In August at…

Madam Speaker, this past weekend the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania celebrated its 223rd year as the second State to be admitted to the new United States of America. Its history is varied, from the Algonquin and Iroquois natives who met…

Mr. President, this month, the Obama administration will submit its review of the war in Afghanistan. I expect--and I think a number of Members of Congress expect--that this review will provide answers to the key questions before us…