Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank Chairman Hastings and Ranking Member Markey for their help in moving this legislation and also the staff of the Natural Resources Committee who have been very supportive and…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform be discharged from further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5883) to make a technical correction in Public Law 112 108, and ask for its immediate…

There is a difference between trying to just employ people and trying to target for an industry that may or may not be there actually for employment.

The challenge is not employment, the challenge is the number of what is a green job and what is not.

It is only a political debate because it is designated for just green jobs, and that is the challenge of it.

But it also is a benefit to us in that it keeps our interest rates low because people do not invest in their sovereign debt, did invest in ours.

My concern, my charge when I took this job was to make sure that job training was aligned to the needs of employers.

I would like to, as well, thank my colleague, Tom Cole, for his work on this. He is the one who has really sponsored this, has focused on it, has driven it through to completion. It is a very important thing for communities that are both…

Mr. President, if there is no business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:07 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at 10 a.m…

Madam President, will the Senator from Ohio yield for a unanimous consent request?

Madam President, let me first of all express my appreciation to the majority. I understand I am to be given some 40 minutes after the vote at the conclusion of the remarks by Senator Brown of Ohio. I have a subject that is very…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks of the Senator from Ohio I be recognized as in morning business for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Madam President, first of all, let me thank the Senator from Ohio for allowing me to interrupt him for my unanimous consent request. This month, the Senate will have the opportunity to put a stop to the second most expensive EPA regulation…

Mr. President, members of Congress are debating fewer bills, casting fewer votes, and holding fewer hearings. Meanwhile, important government agencies including the Department of Defense and the Government Accountability Office are being…

I am astounded at the number of times that we are talking about the GM bailout.

It is interesting when we talk about targeted tax cuts that we always do seem to go back to the same areas, that all the problems in America seem to reside around the energy companies.

This is not about tax dollars; this is about a political process to say we want to try to wipe out traditional energies.

If we are going to have all of the above, let's do all of the above.