I found that people, whether they were mostly in the context of teachers and administrators, but others as well--I found that whenever the topic came up, people were even-tempered. They were always mad.

We want to thank our witnesses for your testimony and your work and your scholarship.

I have thought about for a long time is, how do teachers during the school year get an accurate assessment of each of their students.

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the business we have in front of us here in the Senate, financial regulatory reform. But I did want to note that we meet in an hour of real economic trauma for many families across America and…

It is important that we have hearings, like this and others, to change policy and to try to do our best to be responsive to this tragedy.

What should the U.S. Senate do, and the Administration do, in the next 6 months, to make sure that this kind of tragedy does not happen or we substantially reduce the likelihood that something like this would happen again?

Those who say, 'Oh, gee, laws don't work,' that's not true.

If it means changing policy, we need to do that. If it means amending or adjusting, we've got to do that.

Madam Speaker, throughout the health care reform debate, I focused on four tenets. We needed to improve affordability, access, quality and choice. I said when the bill passed that it did not fulfill those requirements. It gives me no…

My State has a considerable Latino population, and I hear a lot of concern and a lot of anger.

The issue as to what has happened in Arizona has caused a great deal of concern in many quarters.

There is no doubt that NAFTA has benefited Mexico. Has NAFTA benefited the United States?

But the question looms, and there is still a lot of undercurrent of dissatisfaction with NAFTA from the start.

We have been derelict, flatly derelict, in not acting up until now.

The issue of mine safety is a gigantic one. We tend to downplay it until there is a tragedy, and then we're all up in arms about it.

Madam President, I thank the Chair. I have sought recognition to comment briefly on a hearing which will be held by the Criminal Law Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary on May 4 concerning allegations of improper practices on…

Mr. President, I rise today to mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Started in 1970 by Wisconsin's Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in, Earth Day has become a global event. More than 20 million people participated in the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2 p.m., Monday, April 26; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour…