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Madam President, I oppose the two balanced budget amendments before us. Senator Hatch's proposal would cap spending at 18 percent of gross domestic product, forcing deep cuts to Social Security and other critical programs. Senator Udall's…
Mr. President, I thank my colleague. We are buddies. We work together on a lot of good government issues. But the minority leader, the Republican leader, is objecting. So in summing this up, as I leave the floor, I would ask rhetorically…
A lot of us took our chances when we voted for you, OK? On both sides of the aisle.
Honestly. And I just feel you are all so smart, let's get on the same team, and let's do what is right for the country.
God forbid something like that ever happen. It stood that country on its head, and whether it ever recovers from it, history will note.
This agency is not about partisanship, it is about safety of the highest degree.
I will not allow this Committee to conduct witch hunts against anybody. Anybody. That is not what our function is.
Would you and your fellow Commissioners send a letter to Senator Inhofe and myself outlining which five those would be?
Thank you Chairman Fleming and Ranking Member Sablan for holding a hearing on the Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments of 2011 (H.R. 1171), which I introduced in March.
I can't tell you how important it is that Congress hears directly on the realities that you and your families face because of the lack of adequate housing.
The question is really whether we have the will.
It is, without question, one of the most important hearings that we will have, and one of the most important hearings that I think that I have been a party to.
Marine debris is not just an eyesore. It has enormous economic impacts.
Thank you for your leadership in addressing marine debris.
I bring to you today a bill that is reauthorizing what is already in the law, a bill that was created by the Chairman in the Senate, Inouye, who obviously knows the issues from representing Hawaii, and the late Senator Ted Stevens, who was…
What we do is we monitor it now. We monitor it by--we can tag it with satellite tags if it is big enough.
Those are very expensive; they are thousands and thousands of dollars.
