Madam President, thank you. If the Presiding Officer would let me know when the 10 minutes expire, I would appreciate it. I wish to rise in support of Senator Burr's alternative to Senator Sanders' veterans bill. We are having a contest…

The only way to do that is to make the Iranians understand that they are never going to have prosperity and peace until they comply with the will of the international community, which is give them a peaceful nuclear power program, not a…

Madam President, one, I would like to compliment Senator Burr for trying to find a way to improve veterans health care. I think the comment he made is pretty accurate. Before you expand a system that is clearly broken, it looks to me like…

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined a proposal yesterday calling for a troop reduction that will shrink our Army to its smallest size since World War II began in 1939. This decision is sad proof that the President's priorities will…

I thank the Senator from Arizona. To conclude, this is not Lindsey Graham or Colonel Graham saying this. This is what General Dunford is saying. I know he is right. I clearly understand what he is telling us. I have seen it firsthand. To…

Most Republicans, and I am sure some Democrats, would not have voted for a budget deal unless it was deficit-neutral and paid for. I know it wouldn't have passed the House. So now, after the fact, if you fix the COLA problem without paying…

And their response was: We can fix it later. Our response was: Well, will you pay for it later? And everybody said yes. So here we are. I appreciate Senator Pryor and Senator Hagan from North Carolina wanting to fix it. The good news is…

Senator McCain is absolutely right. I thank him for showing such an interest in this topic. He has been so helpful in making sure we get this detention issue right. Having been incarcerated in a war, I think Senator McCain knows the…

I think it is $500. But the point is, do you have to have a Social Security number?

Let me see if I have this right. There is an earned income tax credit you can receive based on need; is that right?

We are not going to get it. You are not going to get it for your kids because you make too much money.

Ok. If the argument is that by adding a Social Security number requirement to the additional credit you are somehow burdening people, why isn't that an argument made against the EITC? Because to get the earned income tax credit you have to…

I think this is a Ronald Reagan idea. If you are working, even though you may not have any income tax liability, we are going to give you an earned income tax credit. I think it is $500 per child; is that right?

I thank the Chair. Does the Senator agree with me, if the budget deal had not been paid for it would never have passed?

We are not asking to bring these people back to the United States for trial. We are asking that they go through the criminal process under Afghan law where Afghan judges will decide their fate. Afghan prosecutors and defense attorneys will…

A weekend editorial by The Washington Times stated: The unemployment rate fell in January, which ought to be good news. But it isn't. Over the past decade, we have fallen into a strange and puzzling wonderland of opposites, where…

I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8, rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed…

For more than 1,960 days, the President has refused to approve the construction of the Keystone pipeline. The President has incorrectly blamed the delay on harmful environmental impacts, but last week, the State Department released a study…