Madam President, I rise, again, in opposition to the nomination of Patricia Smith to serve as the Solicitor of the Labor Department. As I noted on Monday, the Framers crafted a system of checks and balances to ensure that each government…

Two points I would like to make. One is this is not the same statutory pay-as-you-go as was in effect in the 1990s. During the years that President Clinton was working with a Republican Congress, they did balance the budget and they did…

Madam President, what is the time situation? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Wyoming has 2 minutes 40 seconds. The Senator from Iowa has 34 seconds.

Mr. President, I yield myself 10 minutes of Senator Bond's time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. New Climate Change Allegations

Mr. President, there has been significant attention given to efforts by the United Nations to establish a global climate change agreement. The effort has been based, in large part, on information contained in reports prepared by the United…

I think it is a very good recognition on the part of the Department and I think the Department needs to abide by the management plan that was put into effect.

I can tell you, Mr. Secretary, I think that killing jobs in the United States, which I believe this will do, to earn international applause is bad policy.

You have expressed your commitment to this committee and to me privately to clean coal numerous times.

Mr. President, since we are technically under 30 hours of debate on the nomination of Patricia Smith to be Solicitor of Labor, I will rise in opposition to that nomination, as I did yesterday. I will elaborate a little on my concerns about…

Mr. President, there are so many places that a person needs to go if Ms. Smith does make it through the cloture vote. Of course, I have a lot more documents and information I will be sharing with people. I don't even know where to begin on…

Mr. President, in light of the 20 minutes that we just heard in defense, and he had spoken previously before I spoke, I ask unanimous consent for an additional 5 minutes to briefly comment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the nomination of Patricia Smith to serve as the Solicitor of the Labor Department. I have got to tell you, this is my 14th year in the Senate, and this is the first time I have taken the lead in…

If confirmed, my decisions, unlike the views of a scholar, will have practical, concrete and important consequences. I will have a duty to implement the intent of Congress.

I think you have characterized some of these families as kings of the world, and I have concerns about that.

We need to face up to this. You know, it is like that old TV ad, Fram oil filter ad, 'You can pay me now or pay me later.'

The bill that some of us supported that Senator Thune and Senator McCain offered for half the cost... would have created twice as many jobs and half the debt impact on our country.

We need to be clear with the American people about what will happen if we do not get health care costs under control.

I was encouraged by the President's comments last night about nuclear energy, about oil and gas, about different issues, and specifically with clean coal, which is so important in Wyoming.