Mr. President, I continue to reserve the right to object. If the Senator is willing to amend his request, I will not object. But if he is not, then I agree with the Senator from Virginia. There is a long list of Republicans and Democrats…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object--and I do not intend to object--but I am just wondering if the Senator from Massachusetts would be willing to amend his request to allow subsequent Republican speakers to also have 15 minutes to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of the Department of Defense and Further Continuing Appropriations Act. This 1-week continuing resolution will fully fund the Department of Defense for the remainder of this fiscal year…

Mr. President, today, along with Senator Wyden, we introduce bipartisan tax reform legislation, a piece of legislation that we believe, and hopefully we can gather a consensus in this body to believe, is necessary to be a component of…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Senator Coats pertaining to the introduction of S. 727 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

Mr. President, maybe this should have occurred to me before I last spoke and I should have addressed this. But since no one else is on the floor seeking to be recognized, it occurred to me that the Presiding Officer of the Senate…

Mr. President, my understanding is that we are in morning business and I have 10 minutes allocated to me. I may not take that much time. ____________________

Mr. President, I am here to essentially support the hard work of a colleague, Senator Johanns, in bringing to the floor tomorrow a vote to repeal the 1099 provisions in the current health care bill. As I campaigned throughout the State of…

Abortion on demand is an American tragedy, but public funding for abortion and abortion providers is an American disgrace. Fortunately, we have never been closer to denying public funding to abortion providers in America than we are today…

The SOAR Act opens the schoolhouse door. It reopens the door for opportunities for these families and for their children in the District of Columbia. And I believe it was before a model for the Nation, and it can be so again. So I…

I thank the distinguished chairman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue, which is near and dear to my heart, as it is to the hearts of thousands upon thousands of families in the District of Columbia. Mr. Speaker, I also rise…

Over the last few years, the United States has faced a devastating economic crisis. As a result of the economic downturn, many homeowners have lost their homes or are at imminent risk of foreclosure. That is why the Obama administration…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Louisiana for arranging the opportunity for me to speak. I intended to do this in morning business, but that time was running out, so she graciously arranged time for me to speak as we took the bill…

Thank you, Ranking Member Frank. As our Nation's economy moves forward, we must not forget about our neighborhoods, and we must continue to help those areas that are still struggling to come back. That is why I am appalled at the efforts…

With a $14 trillion national debt and a $1.65 trillion deficit this year alone, our Federal Government is facing a fiscal crisis of unprecedented proportions. With the passage of H.R. 1, House Republicans took an important first step…

Mr. President, returning to the Senate is in many ways like having a chance to relive part of one's life; yet doing so with the benefit of experience, experience that I gained in serving in this body before and also from service in the…

Mr. President, I rise to support the StartUp Visa Act of 2011, as the leading Republican cosponsor, because I believe this legislation will increase the possibility that companies such as Google, Intel, Yahoo and Proctor & Gamble--which…

With a $14 trillion national debt, a $1.65 trillion deficit this year alone, yesterday the United States Senate voted to reject the House effort to fund the government for the rest of the year. The Senate majority leader even took to the…