I appreciate that as well as the work that you have done with exports, as has been pointed out.

I think you are aware that Senator Thune, Senator Grassley, Senator Harkin, and I, and a number of other people, Senator Stabenow, have been working on that glide path.

Mr. President, I rise to discuss the budget. I have long believed we need to get serious about the deficit. I have been listening to my colleagues across the aisle, and I believe we have to be responsible in the way we do it. That is why a…

I really appreciate that. By the way, the word rabbi in Hebrew means teacher.

We know that Indian children do better in school when they have opportunities to learn their language and culture.

We need to support programs that empower our Native communities through education.

I also want to take this moment to thank Senator Grassley for working with me on a GAO request I am planning to file later today related to contractors who have been convicted or found liable for procurement fraud and other misconduct.

I truly believe that we are not going to grow as a Nation in the life sciences, or in any of our innovative industries if we are simply a country that focuses on churning money on Wall Street, and importing our way, and building debt.

We are putting up a sign that says: Go put your money elsewhere. And I think that has to change.

You know what this bill does, acknowledging that prescription drugs are the No. 2 way that kids can get addicted to drugs, the drugs sitting around in their parents' medicine cabinets.

Fatigue and sleep deprivation among air traffic controllers is a serious issue and I appreciate the chairwoman for having this hearing.

Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Manchin). The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.

The take-back programs are great. They are becoming more and more popular.

the more we can list some of these as clearly illegal, that helps you with your education process, makes parents aware of this new phenomenon with these drugs that I do not think anyone ever anticipated a decade ago.

I have a bill--Senators Grassley and Schumer have one, on certain types of synthetics.

Thank you to both of our witnesses. Director Kerlikowske and I worked together back when he was police chief and I was county attorney.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to thank the chairman, the gentleman from Minnesota, for bringing this bill and the others to the floor today. It's appropriate, as we are approaching Memorial Day…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I too rise in support of this piece of legislation, Honoring American Veterans Act of 2011. It is a very important, very sacred responsibility with the placement of monuments and…