Mr. President, may I inquire of the Chair what the status is on the bill? Are there pending amendments? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Currently, there are no amendments pending. Amendment No. 521

Messy court rulings and bureaucratic overreach have produced regulations that will harm the economy.

This Clean Air InterState Rule is significantly more vulnerable to court challenges than legislation and will undoubtedly be held up.

All of this might be great for environmental lawyers who, incidentally, make money by exploiting the citizen suit provisions of the nation's environmental laws.

the best way to accelerate environmental progress and institute certainty for businesses is through multi-pollutant legislation.

But ultimately, it's working families that pay the price.

it is increasingly clear that the Clean Air Act needs to be updated and the rules for electric utilities are the place to start.

These rules will likely result in electricity costs increasing by as much as 23 percent and 1.4 million lost jobs by 2020.

Thank you, Senator Cardin, for conducting today's subcommittee hearing to discuss the difficult and extensive process of determining natural resource damages stemming from BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in reluctant opposition to this resolution. It's well-intentioned, without question. It's meant to limit our involvement in Libya, it's meant to support our allies, and it's meant to…

Thank you for yielding, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the fiscal 2012 Defense Appropriations Act and urge all Members to extend their support as well. This is a fine bill that the committee worked on in an open…

Mr. President, because our minority views were not included in the Senate Judiciary Committee's report on S. 1103, I ask unanimous consent to have them printed in the Record. We hope these views will be of use to Members of the Senate if…

I believe that we can meet this challenge and develop thoughtful policies to keep American agriculture productive and competitive in the 21st century.

Conservation is an important element of farm policy.

My, aren't free elections a wondrous thing?

We will look for duplication within issue areas to determine program overlap.

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Our agricultural policies must reflect the needs of our diverse farming communities.