Our task now is to build on that progress, because this Nation only succeeds when we've got a growing, thriving middle class.

I'm willing to work with anyone of any party to move this country forward.

Work as hard as you can to make our lives better, and do it together.

If you do the right thing, you're going to find incentives on the other end of those decisions.

The transition to democracy is far from complete in Burma.

We absolutely do not think that they are at the end of the road; they're at the beginning of the road of a democratic transition.

We believe that Israel has a right to defend itself.

Every single day, the good people of this country work as hard as you can to meet your responsibilities.

Engagement will show the way to address those challenges.

We shouldn't hold the middle class hostage while Congress debates tax cuts for the wealthy.

I was inspired by the grit and resilience of the American people, by your hard work and sense of decency.

I thank the chairman. Madam Speaker, a couple months ago I pick up the phone and I'm talking to one of your constituent companies in Naperville, Illinois. It's a company that you've represented well for the past 14 years. I was talking to…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge this House to come together and support a new comprehensive farm bill. Farmers in my district are the most efficient producers in the world; however, their productivity and efficiency could be hindered if…

Today the Senate voted to end debate on S. 3525, the Sportsmen's Act of 2012. Along with 84 of my colleagues, I voted to support cloture in an effort to move this bill forward. It is a compilation of almost 20 different pieces of…

Mr. President, over the past few years we have seen a dramatic increase in the sale of energy drinks in America. Energy drinks are now common fixtures in grocery stores, vending machines, gas stations, convenience stores, and everywhere we…

Mr. President, I wish to say a word about the tragedy that occurred in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 where we lost a dedicated ambassador and three other American lives. It was awful. It has been nearly a decade since we lost an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Oversight on Energy Drinks

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.