I cannot imagine a better person for the President to have nominated than Sandy Blitz to be the first Federal Cochair of the Northern Border Regional Commission.

I am pleased and proud to join my senior colleague from Maine, Senator Snowe, in offering him my strong support.

Mr. President, the law granting the Federal Government, for the first time, the authority to regulate the security of the nation's highest risk chemical facilities is due to expire at the end of this fiscal year. Given the success of this…

Mr. President, as ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I rise today, along with Senator Landrieu, to introduce the Small Business Contracting Revitalization Act of 2010. This critical piece of…

Mr. President, I rise to submit the National Women and Girls in Sports Day resolution. As we celebrate the 24th anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, I am pleased to be joined by colleagues, Senator Murray, Senator…

Mr. President, I rise today with my friend and colleague Senator Thune to introduce the Reevaluate and Redirect the Stimulus Act of 2010 that would require the Obama Administration's Office of Management and Budget, OMB, to make proposals…

Mr. President, as ranking member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I rise today to discuss the Small Business Contracting Revitalization Act of 2010. This critical piece of legislation is the direct result of…

You have said strongly and repeatedly that you view 313 ships as the minimum for our fleet.

I want to associate myself with the comments made by the Senator from Hawaii about the importance of our public shipyards.

I just want to pledge to work with you to make sure that you have the funding needed.

I view this as creating more opportunity for women in the Navy to go through the ranks.

I would encourage you to take a close look at that approach, which has been used successfully in the past.

Although the President's fiscal year 2011 budget includes slight increases in MILCON and SRM funding, I remain concerned about the material condition of Navy shipyards.

I want to associate myself with the comments that Senator Lieberman made about the change and the new teams.

I guess my concern is if you have the two current shipbuilders each building 10 ships...

I want to bring up an issue that is an increasing problem in my State, and that is the problem of drug trafficking across the northern border.

Are you aware of any impact on combat effectiveness by the decision of our NATO allies to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly?

General Petraeus, you testified that no captured terrorists in your AOR have been sent for detention in Guantanamo during the last 18 months.