Well, I would have no doubt that OTS has a system today, especially in light of the hearings that have been held.

I would put forward that we are about to make the same mistakes that we are claiming and accusing those that are coming before us of.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3726 to Amendment No. 3721 (Purpose: To pay for the full cost of extending…

Mr. President, if anybody has been watching the Senate today, there was a point of order made that the spending we are going to pass to pay for unemployment insurance extension benefits and benefits for health insurance for those people…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3723, as Modified

Here is a fairly painless way--just more efficient management of the money we have--of paying for this needed program without charging it to the children. We don't have to go to the bond market to borrow more. We don't have to incur an…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague for giving me a short time to deal with these two amendments. I have an amendment at the desk that I call up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as…

Mr. President, I am prepared for the vote anytime the chairman of the Finance Committee is ready to proceed.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') Amendment…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and my next amendment be called up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as…

I send to the desk a modification of the pending amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has the right to modify his amendment at this time. The amendment is so modified. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: At the end of the…

Mr. President, I yield the floor to my colleague from North Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To pay for the full cost of extending additional…

As we celebrate the 50th year of the United States-Japan Security Treaty, whereby Japan granted the United States military base rights on its territory in return for a U.S. pledge of protection, we are witnessing potential fundamental…

Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 202, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker, Wilma Mankiller led a remarkable life. As my friend Congressman Boren so eloquently stated, her beginnings were awfully humble. Frankly, they didn't get much better for a long time. She traveled to…

The reason the safety program is so successful is that it requires States to examine data on where people are dying and where accidents are occurring.

Although 23 percent of the U.S. population live in rural areas, in 2007 rural fatalities accounted for 57 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2007.