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Today I rise to commend the Air Capital Chapter of AMBUCS. AMBUCS provides mobility and transportation for people with disabilities. They provide therapeutic tricycles and bicycles to children and veterans with disabilities, and they give…
I thank my good friend from Maryland. I appreciate the work of the conferees, but I oppose this conference agreement, not out of concern for the welfare of the tens of thousands of Federal employees that I represent, but out of concern for…
Mr. President, I share the genuine concern expressed by the Senator from South Dakota. Farmers have so many things to concern themselves with in the ability to earn a living. The weather is not always their friend. Is this the right crop…
Everything I know about this topic suggests that it is otherwise. In fact, the farm organizations and commodity groups of the wide array of those who advocate across the country on behalf of agricultural producers are aligned with us in…
I appreciate those sentiments. I would say that these proposed rules did not come about as a result of Congress passing a piece of legislation or of there being congressional hearings finding a series of problems in regard to safety with…
On Monday of this week, 2 days ago, the President released his budget plan. It will take America's deficits, or total debt, to over $27 trillion. That's a big number. It's hard to get our heads around numbers like that. So I want to talk…
The House leadership is still scrambling to find the votes to pass what everyone is coming to recognize as the worst transportation authorization bill in this Nation's history. But with gasoline prices approaching $4 a gallon, House…
Madam President, I am here today to raise once again a topic about how we raise our children in rural America, and I want to talk for a few moments about the proposed Department of Labor child farm labor rules. Last week, we had perhaps…
I thank my very good friend, the distinguished ranking member of the committee, for yielding me this time to rise in strong opposition to an extension of the current pay freeze for Federal employees. This legislation is a cynical attempt…
This is a wealthy country. Corporate profits are at record highs. By the end of last year, the private sector was expanding at a healthy 4.5 percent annualized pace. But why, then, wasn't economic growth in the most recent quarter even…
We often come to the podium to talk about a bill or piece of legislation. Today I have the great privilege to stand in support of protecting every human life. In Kansas is a place that has marked a great piece in the history of the…
Mr. President, I appreciate so much the remarks of the Senator from Oregon, Mr. Wyden. It was a significant moment in my brief time as a Member of the Senate when, 3 months ago, Senator Wyden and I had a conversation here on the Senate…
In 36 days, the President will have an opportunity to do a great thing for America. He'll have an opportunity to allow private industry with private funds to build a pipeline to carry petroleum all across the country to lower the price for…
I too want to join the chorus in commending Chairman Rogers, Chairman Simpson, and our ranking member, Norm Dicks, and the phenomenal work of the appropriations staff on both sides. Rich Healey and Shalanda Young, for example, have been…
I want to say this. This is the way things were meant to be done in this body. Politics was meant to be the art of compromise, with people acting in good faith for the betterment of their country. That's what this omnibus appropriations…
Mr. President, I know we are all anxious to reach a conclusion on significant legislation that is pending. It determines many things important to Americans and it creates the opportunity for Members of the Senate and the House to spend a…
One of the beneficiaries of growing up on a family farm in Kansas is somebody I would also like to mention briefly this morning. As Members of Congress, we surround ourselves with bright minds and fellow natives of our home States. I have…
Mr. President, I wish to explain my absence from rollcall votes 230 and 231 on Thursday, December 15, 2011. I was unable to vote yesterday because I was back in Atchison, KS, paying my respects to slain police sergeant David Enzbrenner…