This amendment, which I am offering jointly with Congress Members Welch and Pingree, would ban polystyrene products in our food service facilities here in the House. Mr. Chairman, in 2011, the new Republican majority in the House…

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Arizona for his tremendous service. Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Connecticut and I be permitted to join in a colloquy on the situation in Syria. The…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Fallen Heroes

Madam President, last week on Memorial Day, Americans remembered our Nation's fallen troops who laid down their lives for our Nation. We are blessed to live in a country where individuals volunteer to defend our Nation and our freedoms--no…

Mr. President, entrepreneurs and new businesses are vital to the strength of the U.S. economy. We need to be a competitive country in which we have great success in creating jobs in America. Between 1980 and 2005, startup companies--less…

Mr. President, the answer to that in Kansas is that it doesn't make any sense at all. There is no good judgment there. That is a point I would make in a more broad way. The provisions of Startup 2.0 are mostly about common sense, things…

I very much appreciate the remark of the Senator from Missouri and his cosponsorship of this legislation. Let me highlight something he pointed out, which is in the short time that those of us on the floor today have been in the Senate…

Just as Congresswoman Jenkins opposed this amendment, I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment as well. The facility at NBAF is a facility that is not just about Kansas. It's important that it's in Kansas. I'm happy that Kansas…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Senate colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Startup Act 2.0

Mr. President, throughout history, medical research has been responsible for hundreds of groundbreaking discoveries that have improved and saved lives, enabled health care to become more effective and efficient, and lowered overall health…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 12, beginning on line 6, strike section 110. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

But I suggest to the gentleman, they use the Federal definition in order to enforce the quality of the water coming from other States. That's the problem.

I would like to ask the gentleman what we do about waters that are interstate, they flow down.

As the Clerk read, this would strike section 110 of this bill. This is a legislative rider that is bad policy and does not belong in an appropriations bill. This rider, 110, permanently blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from fixing…

Just a few days after Memorial Day, I rise in support of a new resolution introduced by Mr. Gingrey to honor America's Patriot Guard Riders. The Patriot Guard started in August of 2005 in Mulvane, Kansas, the southern part of the district…

The amendment before us would correct a fundamental misunderstanding that has been allowed to slip into H.R. 5854, the FY 2013 Military Construction/VA Appropriations bill. The Grimm Amendment would not have the effect of mandating that…

I want to first start by commending Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger for their great work on crafting this bipartisan bill, a strong piece of legislation that addresses some tremendously important issues that face our…

Madam President, yesterday a group of four Senators introduced legislation that I would like to highlight in this brief opportunity on the Senate floor. We introduced S. 3217. This legislation is called Startup 2.0 and was introduced by…