Mr. President, I rise this evening to speak to the urgent imperative of job creation in our country and impress upon my colleagues that if we are serious about assisting our Nation's small businesses--the very catalysts that will lead us…

Thank you very much to my good friend from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for yielding me the time, for his excellent opening statement, and for his response to our colleague from the Rules Committee as well. And I thank him for being here…

Mr. President, I rise to speak about legislation that I am introducing today, the Deepwater Wind Incentive Act, which will provide a critical long-term renewable production tax credit for developing deepwater wind facilities in the U.S…

Madam President, on my own behalf and on behalf of numerous members of the Republican caucus who have expressed concerns to me, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4691, with 1 hour of…

Thank you, Madam President, and I thank the distinguished Democratic leader. ____________________

Mr. President, I rise today, along with Senator Kaufman, to introduce legislation that puts a greater focus on efforts to improve the technical resources and decision-making process at the Federal Communications Commission. The bill…

And I will just be brief. I want to have plenty of time for my colleagues who want to talk more about the substance of this issue. But I would say, I felt there was plenty of time for the process in the Rules Committee. There was a lively…

Thank you to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lungren). I will not give you all of the answers I am sure you are looking for, and I feel confident that, when this bill is debated on the floor, there will be many more questions raised…

Well, thank you very much. I didn't even have to ask and I appreciate your offering.

I do appreciate the clarification on the issue of a change. I will just clarify my own remarks, that I agreed with the sentiment that came out in this final rule that we did not need to make this exemption for the data. I would like to…

I thank my colleague on the other side of the aisle. We've heard a variety of reasons and excuses today about why this bill shouldn't pass, whether it was about the committee process or a loophole, debating it back and forth. But the fact…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 415, noes 3, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 62] AYES--415…

I move the previous question on the resolution. The previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.

I have no further requests for time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Thank you. I knew you wanted to hear my very brief answer on this, and I just want to clarify. I appreciate your desire to discuss the process, and I hope you take as much time as you choose to do so. But I just want to clarify----

Mr. President, I rise today, along with Senators Landrieu, Bond, and Merkley to introduce the Historically Underutilized Business Zone, HUBZone, Improvement Act of 2010. This vital piece of bipartisan legislation is similar to that which I…

Mr. President, I rise today, with my colleague Senator Pryor, to introduce the Job Impact Analysis Act of 2010, a bipartisan measure that will help ensure that the Federal Government--both Congress and agencies of the executive…

Mr. President, I rise to submit the National Women and Girls in Sports Day resolution. As we celebrate the 24th anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, I am pleased to be joined by colleagues, Senator Murray, Senator…