Mr. President, I wish to talk about an amendment that has had lots of attention. It is an amendment that I offered on the floor a couple of weeks ago. We weren't able--the leader didn't want to get to it at the time, but the majority…

Mr. President, my colleague, the Senator from Illinois, and I live in a part of the country where these terrible weather events--tornadoes and other things--are not unusual for us. But as Senator Durbin has pointed out, we did have them…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator. There are a number of waivers on this. The administration has given over 1,700 waivers to 4 million people. If you have a plan that is better than the government plan, if you have a plan that might be…

Mr. President, if I may make a final point. Every other country in the world looks at its natural resources, and the first two words they think of are ``economic advantage'' or ``economic opportunity.'' That is what the Canadians are…

I was asked the other day when I was home: Does the administration have a plan? I said: Well, if you listen to what they say, this is their plan, for these gas prices to go up. We are not Europe. In spite of what the Secretary of Energy…

Well, I do. I think I will quickly yield to my good friend from Ohio and then speak again. Actually, I just met with disabled veterans who are here in town today. I told them I was going to be talking about energy, and they said the…

Mr. President, I say to the Senator, I think my first thought is, the insight is not that difficult; it is just that we need to do our job. We cannot expect to solve these problems if the Senate does not do the job it is supposed to do…

I thank my friend for putting this discussion together this morning. I think it is a serious discussion, unlike this budget, which is clearly not a serious budget. The President doesn't expect it to be voted on. The majority leader in the…

Mr. President, I am, of course disappointed not being able to offer this amendment today, but it is an amendment we talked about for some time. It was a bipartisan amendment. It was a bipartisan piece of legislation. Senator Nelson from…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order at this time to offer amendment No. 1520 to the underlying bill, S. 1813. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Nevada.

That is a good point. I wish also to say that this is not about just about one set of religious beliefs. The current discussion is about specific items in a health care plan, but there are lots of faith-based groups with different views of…

Madam President, I want to talk about this recent HHS directive to faith-based organizations on health care and suggest that it is exactly the kind of problem many of us were concerned would develop when the government said it was going to…

On rollcall No. 32 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

On rollcall No. 11, on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, I was unable to vote due to unavoidable circumstances. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``yea.'' personal explanation

I sat in my office and listened to this debate; and the one thing I know is that neither side is listening to each other. Everybody's just trying to say something. The people at home are probably trying to figure out if there is any sanity…

Mr. President, the House yesterday passed a bill that included an effort to move forward on the Keystone XL Pipeline project, and I wish to talk about that project for a while today and American energy generally. We all agree private…

First, let me associate my comments with those of my colleague Mr. Westmoreland. Mr. Speaker, on each Wednesday night for probably the last 10 or 12 years, our church has provided food for those who are struggling. Not long ago a gentleman…

The gentlelady, my colleague from the Small Business Committee, pointed out that the Bush administration added $60 billion in regulatory burdens out there, which is not a good thing at all. In fact, that scares me in and of itself. In 8…