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Mr. President, I am pleased to be a cosponsor of the amendment of Senator Wicker to provide additional workforce protections for Transportation Security Officers while at the same time ensuring the management flexibility that is vital to…
We are facing some very important and difficult decisions in the coming weeks as we debate both the continuing resolution and the President's budget. I would like to talk just a little bit about some of the decisions that we have to make…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maine will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Sec. 1303…
I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 196, line 18, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $80,000,000)''. Page 199, line 6, after the dollar…
Mr. President, I am proud to introduce the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2011. I am enormously grateful to partner with Senator Stabenow in this endeavor and to have the support of 17 additional bipartisan cosponsors…
Mr. President, first, let me thank my colleague and friend from Mississippi for working with me over the past few days to modify the amendment he originally proposed. I very much appreciated his willingness to sit down and talk about the…
Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act. I am pleased to be joined in this effort by my colleague from Maine, Senator Snowe. Our legislation would give greater local control and…
Mr. President, in early 1983, the Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was in an 8-by-10 foot cell in a Siberian prison when jailers permitted him to read the latest issue of the official Communist Party newspaper. The front page was filled…
Mr. President, I support Senator McConnell's effort to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Act. I opposed the final passage of this new law because it was the product of a seriously flawed process that was rushed on a host…
Mr. President, I rise today to join with my colleagues in this august Chamber, especially Senators Feinstein, Hatch, and Webb, members of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, as we pause to pay tribute to the indelible legacy of one of…
Mr. President, I rise this evening to introduce the Federal Employees Compensation Reform Act of 2011. This bill would preserve the essential purpose of the Federal Workers' Compensation Program, which is to ensure income for injured…
I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Ms. Collins pertaining to the introduction of S. 261 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island…
Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of myself and Senator Conrad to introduce legislation to ensure that our seniors and disabled citizens have timely access to home health services under the Medicare program. Nurse practitioners…
Mr. President, I am pleased to be joining Senator Lieberman in introducing the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act of 2011, also known as the SOAR Act. This important piece of legislation will reauthorize the DC Opportunity…
I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Ms. Collins pertaining to the introduction of S. 112 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
Mr. President, improving public safety, growing our economy, increasing energy independence, and protecting the environment have always been among my top priorities as a Senator. Today, the very first bill I am introducing in this new…
Repealing the historic health care legislation that we passed last year would pull the rug out from under millions of Americans and add billions to the deficit. We can and should talk about CBO scores, tax credits, and unemployment…
I thank my colleague from Iowa for yielding the time. Madam Speaker, it's hard, after a long day like this when all of us are feeling so sad and discouraged about the challenges that have been faced by Gabby and her family and others, to…