Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. H.R. 2362 is simply a bill to facilitate economic development in Indian Country and to expand the range of options open to some of the poorest and most disadvantaged of Americans, the first…

I thank the gentleman. But legislation must be relevant to the historical experience that we're talking about, and we ought to look for opportunities to turn old enemies into new friends. I try to do that on this floor every day. This…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank my friends on the other side of the aisle for participating in the debate. I understand the passions here are high, and I actually respect that a great deal even when I disagree with the…

The interest in this area is genuine and real. Shouldn't that be something we should take and build on and try and add to and encourage? There needs to be a competition here. Let's build a competition to help Indian Country. Other…

Modernization of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is very important, but before we focus on today's hearing...

Perhaps Mr. Jones, because of my position on the Armed Services Committee, I have gotten a lot of concerns expressed.

I urge this Committee to take immediate action to remedy our broken system.

Senators Vitter, Crapo, Alexander, and I sent a letter to Senator Lautenberg yesterday expressing our disappointment...

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Government Transparency and Recordkeeping Act along with Senator Vitter. The purpose of this bill is to require that all records of individual payments under 31 U.S.C. 1304, which is the…

Oh, fine. I like that better. After the first budget, I can recall going over to Afghanistan, knowing this President would be disarming America in his first budget. I think he will go down in history as the most antidefense President we…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Alabama. A lot has been said, and those of us who serve on the Armed Services Committee have been watching what is going on with a lot of distress. I think it is important for us to understand how we…

Madam President, earlier today, we had a colloquy on this floor talking about the devastating effects of sequestration, and I think we covered most everything. One of the significant parts of this is how we got here in the first place. Not…

At home, people have just a simple request of Congress: do our job. Just do it. They're tired of worrying about what dumb thing the Federal Government will do to them and their business and their family that will cause them even more pain…

This conversation about red tape is really a big deal.

The increased use of guidance documents, rather than actually doing formal rulemaking...

I thank the gentleman for including me on his committee. H.R. 5872 is a bipartisan bill. As has been mentioned several times, it did pass out of the Budget Committee unanimously, and that's a very good thing. I think, honestly, we have a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, as I am the most junior member of this subcommittee. But I would be remiss not to echo the praise of my colleagues, both for the chairman and the ranking member. They have worked together extraordinarily…

A million and a half dollars cheaper to do a contract tower. Right now we don't know on safety issue.