What are the limits on this authority and what is the potential to expand and expedite that authority so we are not backloading everything for 8 years from now?

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President made a decision to raid 30 million barrels out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Now, of course one thing the President did yesterday in that decision was he acknowledged that supply has an impact on…

Mr. Speaker, earlier today I was in a meeting with a constituent and inadvertently missed the vote on H.J. Res. 68, a resolution authorizing for one year the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Barrasso be added as a cosponsor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Maine is recognized.

Mr. President, I would like to close on my czar amendment and encourage strong bipartisan support. Mr. President, we have a bill before us about the Senate advice and consent process--the Senate confirmation process--and I think it would…

Mr. Speaker, President Obama announced today that he is releasing 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to alleviate supply disruptions that he claims are as a result of the conflict in Libya. The irony here is…

Mr. Speaker, it's time to talk turkey about jobs. Too many Americans are unemployed, and it's time to get Americans back to work. As we enter this new decade in the 21st century, research and development is critical to rebuilding American…

The overwhelming concern that I have... is just the country's awareness of this as a real threat.

Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of the Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011. If you want to talk about a jobs bill, you want to talk about a bill that will actually allow us to decrease our dependence on Middle Eastern oil, this is…

I think it is critical, you know, to protect the American people--millions of people that could get harmed from contaminated water--that we have some regulatory body in the Federal Government whose charge is to regulate the security of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 499

I ask unanimous consent further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To end the appointments of presidential Czars who have not been…

Mr. President, I thank Senators Paul and Heller and Grassley for cosponsoring this amendment, which is about czars--this administration, any administration, usurping the appropriate role and authority of the Senate in the advice and…

Mr. President, I call up and would make pending amendment No. 499, which is part of the agreement in terms of the debate on this bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The…

Congress needs to act, and the sooner we do so, the sooner we can protect those who are most vulnerable.

At a time when all Americans are suffering through difficult economic times, I don't believe we want to see our seniors go back to the 1930s.

I do believe, Mr. Chairman, like you, that there is a chance for some bipartisan cooperation in dealing with the future challenges that Social Security will face.

And the reality is that today we have a system that has never failed the American public.