Madam President, I feel honored that I was on the floor and able to hear the chairman of the Appropriations Committee reflect on his own service and also compare the differences between World War II and the experience of our soldiers, our…

Madam 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 as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the imposition of fines and…

Madam President, this is a modified version of an amendment I offered yesterday. I am joined by Senators Alexander, Inhofe, Bond, Voinovich, Snowe, Begich, Gregg, Brown of Massachusetts, Murkowski, Coburn, Thune, and Corker in supporting…

Mr. President, I want to thank my colleague and friend from Tennessee for his comments and his support. We have been working on this since we first began discussing it during the appropriations markup, and he has illustrated what truly can…

Mr. President, I understand that the chairman has temporarily stepped off the Senate floor, so I will withhold that request. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on this amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There does not appear to be a sufficient second.

Mr. President, as Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, I am delighted to rise today, during National Small Business Week, with Senator Landrieu, who is Chair of the Committee, to introduce the Small Business Tax…

Mr. President, I am not going to call up my amendment at this time because I understand there is an objection on the other side. But I am going to take advantage of this opportunity to discuss my amendment, which is No. 4218. This is an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 4218

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Hawaii.

Mr. President, what is the pending business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending amendment is 4175 offered by the Senator from New Jersey.

Mr. President, I rise today, during National Small Business Week, along with my colleague Senator Gillibrand, to introduce the Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act. This vital piece of legislation builds upon a bill I…

Mr. President, I rise today to submit legislation with my colleague from Pennsylvania, Senator Casey, to designate the month of May 2010 as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. An estimated 612,000 Americans have been diagnosed and are…

Mr. President, I want to associate myself with the words of Chairman Dodd. There are a number of lenders in Maine that make smaller size loans. Because the points and fees cap in the Merkley- Klobuchar amendment, which I supported, is…

Mr. President, unwavering in principle and hewing always to her Maine roots and hallmark independence, Margaret Chase Smith exemplified the finest qualities of our great state of Maine which she represented with the highest distinction in…

Mr. President, I rise today, along with Senator Mary Landrieu, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, to introduce the Strengthening Entrepreneurship for America's Veterans Act. This critical legislation…

During the Senate's consideration of this legislation, I authored an amendment approved by voice vote to confirm that small business merchants and retailers would not be subject to regulation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of an amendment that Appropriations Committee Chairman Inouye, Vice Chairman Cochran, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Durbin and I filed to the…