There are other points of view within Pennsylvania regarding the need for Federal intervention in the regulation of hydraulic fracturing.

Once you start from the Federal level, it grows. That is my concern.

I am really glad we are having this hearing because you hear this stuff about what a lousy job the States are doing, when in fact they are doing a great job.

We could run this country for 90 years on natural gas without importing any from the Middle East.

Can you ask any American who would think that the Federal Government ought to have 56 different programs for financial literacy?

I think we also lack the constitutional authority.

I think we lack the moral authority.

Can you think of a worse way to set things up than what we have done?

There is nothing wrong with our Federal employees in trying to do this, there is a problem with Congress in terms of oversight.

Mr. President, first of all, I wish to compliment my good friend, Senator Coons from Delaware, for something he has done recently along with Senator Isakson as the chairman and the ranking member of the African Subcommittee of the Senate…

That is not why I am here, however. I want to be sure that something I have been talking about over the last days has now come to a peak where we must do something. I have been concerned about what is happening in Cote d'Ivoire, in west…

I wish to speak about one of the testimonials in Duekoue. I spot four pigs eating something dark in a charred courtyard. Standing by a newly dug mass grave, a UN soldier from Morocco is choking with rage and grief. I asked him if any of…

Mr. President, I know we are rotating back and forth. I am the only one on the Senate floor, I think, who is requesting time. I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for, let's say, 15 minutes. I probably will not use that much time…

I request an additional 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, let me, first of all, speak in response to what the Senator from Texas talked about. This is very significant. I happen to be maybe one of the few who voted against the last three extensions that were requested--these 1-week…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized as in morning business until such time as somebody else comes in and wants the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I came to the conclusion that on Wednesday, April 6--that marked the 17th anniversary of the terrible thing that happened in Rwanda, the genocide--and we have information that actually Secretary General Kofi Annan had knowledge of that. It…

Mr. President, I didn't get a chance to elaborate on the subject that was covered by the Senator from Texas, Mr. Cornyn. I think it is very important when we are faced with the shutdown of the government. I happened to be here in 1995, and…