I don't know if the Senator has seen this, but this is the National Employment Law Project, February 2010. One of the columns highlights the total number of individuals exhausting their unemployment benefits in the month of March. I don't…

Let me add that the reference to the Congressional Budget Office--that has been the referee or the arbiter of what is used as a number for health care, what protections are for spending--I heard the summary of that same report on the House…

By application of the principles set forth in Treasury's rule on executive compensation to the facts and circumstances underlying my determinations to date, I have developed a number of generally applicable practical prescriptions…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding the time. I want to support the comments that have been made by Members of both sides and let Members think about it for a moment. With the exception of Israel, the Bible, the Bible contains more…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 1059, a resolution honoring the heroism of the seven urban search and rescue teams deployed to Haiti from New York City, New York; Fairfax County, Virginia; Los Angeles County, California…

I hope you will figure out something that we can get the Chinese to go along with, which is tough enough, to get some sense out of Iran because that boiling pot is not going to simply boil forever.

He's not able to project the same kind of stature and power that he did a year ago because we're--because he's being hamstrung by--by the Congress.

I hope that we all can move more quickly and particularly on the AID front and the ambassadorial front.

I have been concerned about the gridlock in Congress for many reasons, but from what I have read and heard, it has had an impact on our stature internationally.

Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I have been a consistent proponent of aggressive preparedness efforts at the Federal, State and local levels to reduce the threat of an influenza pandemic.

Mr. Speaker, last week marked 1 year since the passage of the $862 billion so-called stimulus bill, a bill that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8 percent, a bill that was supposed to boost the economy and private sector job…

I think not only has President Obama been diminished but so has the presidency.

Would you give consideration to that process?

The President came on with a great promise and, I think, did materially change the world's view of the United States for a number of reasons and I think not only has President Obama been diminished but so has the presidency.

Mr. President, I have sought recognition to introduce legislation to make it a Federal offense to intimidate or threaten a witness in a State court proceeding. This legislation I believe to be necessary based upon some very disastrous…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Specter pertaining to the introduction of S. 3017 are located in…

I would like to put Ex-Im Bank on steroids because I think it does so much good work for American companies.