You can't do it with oil companies buying off regulators. You can't do it with oil companies acting irresponsible and not wanting to be held accountable.

I see it as one of these things that people are going to, you know, continue to talk about.

You couldn't have a massive mess-up like this without a lot of people being complicit in it. Certainly the government was complicit.

That's his job. He's the speaker of the House. They have the Republican majority. They have the Republican whip. Why do you think they call it a whip? Because he goes and whips people in line.

I think that Commissioner Riley and Senator Graham, are conscientious patriotic people and I give them -- and I'm anxious to see when the full report comes out.

Mr. President, I too am opposing the ratification of this New START treaty because I think it makes us less secure, not more secure, as a nation. Of course, that has to be the ultimate test. A toughly negotiated, balanced treaty with…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. Mr. Chairman, indeed, this is a sad state of affairs in which we find ourselves and having to deal with this in the waning days of the 111th Congress. In just a mere 16 days, a massive tax…

Kids are the focal point of the family, and getting them back into school or child care is essential to allowing their parents to get back to work.

On December 17, Senator Lamar Alexander and I introduced the Child Safety, Care and Education Continuity Act of 2010.

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding. Mr. Chairman, there are a number of things that have been talked about here that I think need to be addressed. One that I want to address point blank is this concept, this myth, that…

I thank my colleague from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Preserving Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act, and I want to commend my colleagues, both Ms. Chu and Judge Poe, for bringing this forward. As he…

The military is indeed a unique organization, and that such restrictions, such policies can indeed go forward. I would just like to say, in wrapping up, a couple of important statistics that I think should be mentioned, and that is that 60…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. This has been the policy of the military. It's worked very well for many years. There's been a paucity of study of this, and finally, when we approach the period in…

I thank the Chair, and I certainly join my colleague from Louisiana in stressing the importance of this second year of a GO Zone extension and look forward to continuing to work with all of these folks in getting that done absolutely as…

Mr. President, I rise to discuss an issue that is very important to Louisianians and folks along the gulf coast and very important to the entire country, which is continuing the de facto moratorium--the ``permatorium'' is what many folks…

Mr. President, I would like to ask at this time if Senator Baucus and then Senator Kyl and then Senator Vitter might comment--I see them on the Senate floor--about the importance of getting this fixed and the likelihood of us doing it…

Can I ask to use my leadership time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does not have leader time.

And is it the Senator's intention to push for a tax bill? He was so successful in pushing this tax bill forward. Is it his intention to do that in early January, mid-January, early February?