I would much rather negotiate with you, Congressman Cummings, than I would the Chinese.

What we ought to be doing for our veterans, we promised them health care. Give them a card.

Not one major thing was done off their report last year, except what Virginia Fox did in terms of consolidating some 35 work and job training programs.

The country is drowning in debt. We have a $1.3 trillion deficit.

job training money from Washington is spent to keep the people employed in job training working, not training people for new jobs in Oklahoma.

It would be a guess. It is an educated guess, but I would imagine we have $15 to $18 worth of speculation in the price of oil.

I think the problem is elections. And I think it is the lack of courage and character in Members of Congress.

The one key thing, we don't have any metrics on any of this.

We, as Members of Congress, don't know what is going on, and in our desire to please and to meet compassionately a need, we do try to act, but we act without knowledge because we haven't done the oversight.

We have totally vanquished opportunity for our kids in the future.

What is disappointing is so few Members of your body are here, which identifies what the real problem is in Congress.

What we have to do is pay attention to what our goal was originally.

Give them the freedom that they fought for.

U.S. leadership is essential for this.

I have often said that the best way to ensure we are providing safe drinking water and clean water is to improve water infrastructure.

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Inhofe pertaining to the introduction of S.J. Res. 37 are located in today's Record under…

I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

Mr. President, I want to announce that I introduced a resolution of disapproval just a few minutes ago under the Congressional Review Act. A lot of people don't know what the Congressional Review Act is, but it is an act that will allow…