This is going to be a high priority for this Committee and I know Senator Snowe shares my passion for this issue of eliminating all regulations that are unnecessary, burdensome, and harmful to small business.

Mr. President, I appreciate everyone's cooperation in trying to help us move the SBIR bill through the Senate this week. It is a very important bill. Hopefully, we can get back on that bill officially this afternoon as the leaders are…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the period of morning business to be extended until 3 p.m., with the time equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each…

On March 26, 2011, after 12 years of battling multiple myeloma, our country lost one of history's political trailblazers, the Honorable Geraldine Anne Ferraro. Ferraro served as a Congresswoman for the 9th District of New York from…

We can't axe investments.

We must invest in our waterways.

I will tell you that through the storm, we learned some things that make a lot of sense.

We spent, in some examples, over $100,000 or $150,000 just to get them the benefit of a $60,000 to $90,000 new permanent home.

I want to associate myself again with the remarks of Senator Paul and Senator Collins on this issue.

The travel industry is very important to Louisiana--and to many places, but our State has a tremendous business and industry built on travel.

I want to also strongly object to the 35-percent cut in Science and Technology because, clearly, this is an area where we need more science, not less.

We want terrorists to go elsewhere. We do not want business people and tourists to go elsewhere.

Thank you so much for holding this hearing.

We have had the most honor air flights of any State, and I am so happy to hear that.

This cannot be done on the cheap, and it has to be well resourced and well focused.

Cutting a research and development budget borders on reckless.

Seniors are counting on us to protect the benefits that they have earned through a lifetime of work.

Only smart, strategic, and focused investments will keep our America great.