I have often wondered, how can you be for profit when you are getting 90 percent of your money from the taxpayers.

If we are really serious about out-innovating the rest of the world, we need to start by out-educating them.

the issue in terms of the lack of proper utilization of facts in the Department of Education in advantaging investors in one segment to make significant dollars over something the government is thinking about doing is highly unethical, and…

Mr. President, on February 17, 2011, I introduced a bill that will provide assurance to taxpayers that Federal employees are on equal footing with the American people and are held accountable to the same rules they enforce. In 2009, the…

Within days, we saw a new tone. Forward motion was realized and the Corps staff was now on a new mission to update the Eufaula EIS.

This has been a great week for fiscal conservatives. Under Chairman Rogers and the Appropriations Committee and the entire Republican Conference, we have actually enacted or are on the verge of enacting historic cuts and passing them…

I rise in opposition to this amendment. This transfer of funds was established as part of an agreement negotiated between the U.S. and Brazilian Governments. As a result of this agreement negotiated by the USTR and USDA, Brazil agreed to…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Why are we making policy decisions in an appropriations bill? This amendment changes current law. This is a decision that needs to be made in the context of the next new farm bill…

Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Mr. Chairman, this is a simple amendment, and it's on an issue we voted on as recently as 3 weeks ago. Very simply put, my amendment prohibits the use of funds under this act to administer or carry out any of the activities for the…

Mr. President, Senator Leahy is somewhere around here. But since he is not on the floor, I will go ahead and present this amendment. This is a Leahy-Inhofe amendment. It is on two almost unrelated things, but the Leahy portion of the…

Mr. President, I have no problem at all with my senior Senator's modification to the amendment. I am going to ask to have a voice vote on this to accommodate everybody, recognizing the late hour, but I want to make a point. What Senator…

Mr. President, the Airport Improvement Program is a needed program but what we do regularly in the Airport Improvement Program is we are incentivizing the expenditure of moneys in a way that does not recognize the priorities of this…

Mr. President, this is an amendment regarding Essential Air Service. The amendment of Senator McCain is to eliminate Essential Air Service, which is basically a subsidy for people who have to drive short distances--not long distances--to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 80, as modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn] proposes an amendment numbered 80…

Amendment No. 64 is an amendment by myself and Senator Begich from Alaska. It is an orphan earmark amendment where we instruct the agencies to eliminate moneys that have been sitting for 9 years or longer and have not expended it. That is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 64. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn] proposes an amendment numbered 64. The…

Mr. President, this is another amendment on Essential Air Service. This amendment eliminates Essential Air Service when the average enplanements are less than 10 a day. There is no way we can afford, given our financial situation, to…