Mr. President, I am disappointed by the outcome of the vote today in which a proposal I believe had the most merit for moving us in the right direction in regard to raising the debt ceiling and moving us toward the direction of a balanced…

At the beginning of the year, the House did away with the composting program that had been part of the Green the Capitol Initiative. It has been a success. People around the country were watching it and in fact following the example that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Jara Settles, an intern on my staff, have floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, yesterday, I was on the Senate floor talking about this piece of legislation that is now pending before the Senate, passed by the House of Representatives earlier this week. I am a sponsor and supporter of cut, cap, and…

Mr. President, in my view something significant happened yesterday in the House of Representatives. I am pleased with the outcome of the passage of the cut, cap, and balance legislation. I think we have a serious responsibility here in the…

Last night this body passed a piece of legislation that takes a first good step toward fixing America's spending problem, toward taking on our spending addiction and addressing the enormous deficits and debt that our Nation faces. But we…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from South Dakota and would indicate that, yes, Kansas is one of those 49 States in our Constitution in which we are prohibited in almost all ways of living beyond our means. It has been something that…

Last night, we were asked to amend the Constitution, after two-and-a-quarter centuries, in a way that will permanently limit the ability of our government to foster competitiveness in a global economy, to generate greater equality of…

I haven't read Ayn Rand for 45 years, so all I have as a reference point is what I've observed over the last 20 years in this body. I remember when we were trying to pull out of the last recession in 1990. George H.W. Bush called the…

This past week, a great American family retired from service to our Nation. Lieutenant General Bob Durbin and his wife, Diana, spent 36 years in service to our country in the United States Army working with soldiers and their families. On…

I know we're wrapping up here tonight, but I want to talk about one more thing and how the President's policies and his Environmental Protection Agency are destroying jobs in Kansas. In Kansas' Fourth Congressional District, we build an…

I thank the gentleman from South Carolina. I just want to say a couple of things quickly. I had a chance to hear, speaking before me, the gentleman from Oklahoma, who was talking about drilling and service companies. Until just over 6…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 14, strike lines 3 through 11 (and redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly). The CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is…

There is no question that the Clean Water Act is responsible for the health, such as it is, of the Potomac River. There was a time when you could almost strike a match and light the Potomac River on fire, there was so much pollution in it.

The amendment that I presented would decrease the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program by $45.6 million and the funding for DOE's Vehicle Technologies Program. While I am certainly 100 percent…

I would underscore what the distinguished ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee has said: This amendment prevents guidance and rulemaking. It's that comprehensive. What EPA and the Corps of Engineers have tried to do is to…

Only 3 percent of the water on this planet is freshwater, but that's the water that we depend upon for drinking, for agriculture, and for much of our fishing and wildlife habitat. If my amendment to strike section 109 of this bill is not…