The message from the American people is loud and clear: extend the middle class tax cuts now. Republicans are holding hostage tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses to give more tax breaks to the wealthiest…

Mr. President, I thank Senator McCain for his support and his words, and the chairman for his help in getting us here. This is a bipartisan amendment that is vital to U.S. national security and regional stability in the Middle East. Our…

I welcome my colleague's support, and I agree to work with him to refine the new sanctions provisions contained in this amendment to make them as workable and effective as possible as the bill moves forward. Mr. President, I ask for the…

I ask unanimous consent further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'')

Mr. President, I will ask to call up my amendment, the only amendment I have pending with Senator Kirk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The…

Reserving the right to object, I ask the Senator---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

Did the Senator say the only time for debate on these amendments would be 2 minutes?

Tonight is open. Tomorrow there would just be 2 minutes on each amendment? Because Senator Kirk and I, and Senator Lieberman, have amendments that several Members have asked to speak on, including the distinguished ranking member. I would…

Mr. President, if I could ask the distinguished chairman a question, I would assume, then, that at this point I would not have to call up the amendment? That would be in order tomorrow?

Mr. President, first I appreciate where we are. This is a bipartisan amendment. It is an amendment with Senator Kirk and Senator Lieberman. It is a continuing perfection of sanctions as it relates to Iran that has been unanimously passed…

Almost 40 years ago, this body heard the cries of the Jewish refuseniks trapped behind the Iron Curtain, and it passed the Jackson-Vanik amendment, which brilliantly linked the free movement of goods with the free movement of people. It…

Mr. Camp, Mr. Levin, great job in putting this together. I didn't drink the Kool-Aid when I came to Ways and Means on trade, I can tell you that; but I think that this is a major effort on both sides of reconciliation and putting together…

I want to make sure that Russia does toe the line. This is very serious business. So if we can't get them to move on Syria, the situation only gets worse. Maybe it's hopeful that we have a coalition which was formed just a few days ago. So…

I just want to say how happy I am, and the New Jersey delegation, and what a privilege it is to welcome Don Payne to the U.S. House of Representatives, a Member from the 10th Congressional District. Don is a former city councilman where he…

I want to thank my colleague for those remarks. And just very briefly, if I can say as a senior Member of the Democrats, Don, Jr. has excelled in his own right. As was mentioned, he's been a councilman in the city of Newark for a while. He…

Madam President, I rise to celebrate the people of New Jersey, many of whom lost everything in Superstorm Sandy but who came through one of the most devastating storms in our State's history battered but not broken. The storm struck New…

I just met with the FEMA director, Craig Fugate, and expressed some general concerns first about the need for temporary housing for those in my district. We talked about bringing in trailers, and he discussed that and said this was…

I want to thank my colleague from California for having this Special Order and talking about the hurricane damage and what needs to be done in the future. I have to say that the damage to my district was catastrophic. We had many towns…