Mr. President, I would like to thank my colleague from Oregon, Senator Merkley, who has done a tremendous job laying out the scientific case, the compelling economic case, the cultural case, and the global case for why we here in the…

It is much harder to explain to anyone why we are borrowing at a record clip simply to fund the ongoing operations of Government.

Madam President, I come to the floor once again to talk about good jobs--about manufacturing jobs--and about what we can do together in this Chamber to strengthen the vital manufacturing sector of the American economy. Last year…

I think self-reporting can be effective, but only when there is full cooperation from industry.

I am pleased to welcome both of our witnesses here this morning, and thank you for your stewardship and thank you for your input.

Thanks to all of you for joining us today and for your testimony.

But sometimes, unfortunately, things do go wrong, as we know, and it is our duty to ask whether we could have done better.

I wear two hats today. One is I think of myself as Chairman Boxer's wingman.

That is why the President has issued his Executive Order, as you know, on chemical facilities.

we are going to get his project in Savannah done come hell or high water.

Madam President, I yield 45 minutes of my hour under cloture to Senator Sanders, chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time is so yielded.

It is very simple.

What is the role for the government to contribute and to be responsible legislatively, with our tax code, our regulations, just setting a good example?

We are trying to set a good example. We are trying to partner with the Postal Service.

Senator Boozman who is my wing man, is a co-chair of the Recycling Caucus in the Senate.

All right. Now, if I had a member of my family who worked at one of those agencies, could they participate in the program?

I was just at their recycling center where they recycle all--we have single-stream in Delaware.

We like those business models very much. We like those efforts, and we are encouraging more.