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The best thing that we can probably do in terms of improving the overall status and conditions for middle-class Americans in this country is to get a vibrant, growing, robust small business economy.

I think we have two kind of contrasting views about how to improve the plight of middle-class Americans in this country.

I want to compliment my colleagues from Wyoming and Texas for talking about the issues that are important to the American people. People in this country care about jobs and the economy. I think one of the reasons there were not more…

I, too, want to lend my voice--after listening to the discussion that just occurred on the floor--because I don't think there is any group of Americans who are more deserving of our support than the men and women who have worn the uniform…

I worry that the current statutory deadline of December 2015 is unrealistic for most passenger and freight railroads.

I am particularly interested in the safety issues involved in transporting crude oil from the Bakken region.

There's a lot of pressure on the railroads, obviously, to comply with and to meet the 2015 deadline.

The railroads have run into a lot of obstacles and their efforts to meet this 2015 PTC deadline.

The railroads are so important in our part of the country.

I hope that our committee will consider this bill in the coming months.

There are a number of us on the Committee who are co-sponsoring legislation that would extend that by a reasonable amount of time.

And, you know, one way we could get fewer trains in North Dakota is to horizontally drill from South Dakota.

I noticed again that the budget this year did have the 28-percent limitation on itemized deductions that many of us think is going to negatively impact charitable giving.

We have worked together on a number of issues: digital goods, digital trade; most recently, a letter that we spearheaded, signed by 33 Senators, in support of maintaining the charitable deduction in tax reform.

I also want to welcome our new chairman and really look forward to working with him.

I come to the floor today to discuss the pain ObamaCare continues to inflict on Americans. It seems like every week brings more ObamaCare bad news for somebody--families, businesses, middle-income Americans, lower income Americans. This…

We need to work to make sure the awareness is out there.

We need all the tools we can possibly get to stop them and to prosecute them to the highest extent possible.