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My dear friends and colleagues, I rise to the floor because the newspapers and the media have indicated that there is a concern about some of the Members in this House that I retire or remove myself from this body. And I have always tried…
I want to take up where the chairman left off. This is $26 billion that is paid for, and my Republican friends on the other side of the aisle don't want to do that, even though it is paid for. It will bring back teachers and it will bring…
Mr. President, today, I am pleased to join Senator Robert Casey and eight of my colleagues in introducing the Safe Schools Improvement Act. This important legislation will help to address a crisis going on in our schools--the bullying and…
Mr. President, I rise today to speak on behalf of the women of America to recognize, honor, and celebrate the 90th anniversary of their voting rights on August 26, 2010--Women's Equality Day. I know my colleagues join me, in acknowledging…
The bottom line is this. I like the H-1B program, and I think it does a lot of good for a lot of American companies. In fact, in the immigration proposal I made, along with Senator Reid and Senator Menendez, as well as the outline with…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Liz Saxe, Katharine McFarland, David Zayas, and Miles Clark, law clerks on the Jucidiary Committee staff of Senator Leahy, and Avi Zevin and Jacquelyn Stanley, law clerks on my Judiciary…
Mr. President, I wish to thank my colleague. As you know, our goal--most of us on this side--is comprehensive reform. We believe securing the border is part of that, and this bipartisan effort can help move us in that direction. I hope we…
Mr. President, I renew my unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Mr. McCAIN. Reserving the right to object--I will not object--I wish to thank the Senator from New York and those on the other side for taking…
Mr. President, we are waiting to see if there are other Members on our side who would like to come and speak, so I would like to either yield time to the Senator from Rhode Island, who has been waiting on another subject, and then come…
I have been told they need to do some conferring in our cloakroom, so the Senator may speak and I will hold off for a minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Alabama.
I thank the Senator, and I am glad we were able to-- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Goodwin). Is there objection to the request made by the Senator from New York?
I believe so, yes. Mr. McCAIN. The stimulus money. I would remind my colleague that just this morning he voted to use $1.5 billion in stimulus funds for the DOE Loan Guarantee Program. But that is a subject of a different discussion. Let…
Madam President, first, I appreciate the spirit in which the Senator from Arizona has talked about the proposal. Let me try to be in the same spirit. I always said I believe in comprehensive immigration reform. I know my colleague from…
Yes. Mr. McCAIN. I thank my colleague. I think this is significant legislation. I ask the Senator if he would amend his request to include the adoption of three amendments. Those amendments are Nos. 4590, 4591, and 4592. They are: $200…
So far, exactly right. Mr. McCAIN. A Federal law enforcement training center, additional funding for the Department of Justice. Anyway, the reason I mention this is because I think these are significant. It comes to a total of about $600…
Yes; 1,000 Border Patrol and 500 ICE and DEA. Mr. McCAIN. One-hundred ICE, $39 million for Customs and Border Protection, 250 new Customs and Border Patrol agents you mentioned, communications equipment, money to deploy forward operating…
Madam President, I am going to ask unanimous consent for a proposal on the border. First, I will speak for a minute and then ask consent. I know my colleague from Arizona will then speak and offer some amendments to it. Today, I join my…
I am going to speak in support of Solicitor Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court in a minute, but just for a brief minute, I wish to speak about another very important issue, the legislation we are about to vote on, the legislation that will…