According to Investor's Business Daily: From the media to Wall Street, June's jobs report is being spun as a major positive, a sign the economy is back on track. Maybe the pundits should look at the actual numbers, which are abysmal. At…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. In Memory of the McManus and Antonakos Families

Madam President, I rise today to honor the memory of nine South Carolinians lost last week. The McManus and Antonakos families, both of Greenville, were vacationing together in Alaska when the small plane they were flying in crashed on…

According to a recent editorial in the Washington Times: The promise of ObamaCare was that it would make health insurance both universal and affordable. It was obvious from the beginning that President Obama's scheme, a fantasy of politics…

The President is playing politics with the American people's health care. According to an editorial published in The Wall Street Journal: The White House seems to regard laws as mere suggestions, including the laws it helped to write. On…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak as in morning business. ____________________

It is indeed a humbling honor to serve the great people of South Carolina in the Senate. I am so grateful for the support I have received from South Carolinians. The success of the Palmetto State can be measured in many ways, but today…

According to an editorial in this week's Wall Street Journal: President Obama's climate speech on Tuesday was grandiose even for him, but its surreal nature was its particular hallmark. Mr. Obama's ``climate action plan'' adds up to one of…

Mr. President, to all my Senate colleagues, today was a good day, a historic day for the Senate. Thank you all, whether you opposed or supported the bill. It was a great debate. To the staff, this bill could have died a thousand times. You…

This is a jobs bill. It creates American jobs, producing American energy. So it's an energy security bill, as well. And there can be no national security without energy security. So this is a national security bill, as well. Virginians get…

I want to thank the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee for his leadership on this issue as well as to thank my friend, Mr. Salmon from Arizona, for his leadership in the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on this issue because he…

Let's just be clear, America, what we're talking about and where we're talking about. This chart shows the Western Gap, the only area covered under the transboundary hydrocarbons agreement--the agreement negotiated by the Obama…

I urge opposition to this motion, Mr. Speaker. What we have here in this motion to recommit is just the latest attempt by a few on the other side of the aisle to cater to special interests instead of the needs of the American people…

I want to commend the gentleman from Louisiana for his amendment. I think it is the right thing. I thing the Gulf Coast States are treated unfairly with the cap. This raises the cap. It's the right thing. I was talking with a gentleman…

I claim the time in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I come before you today to talk a little bit about energy. Later on today, we'll be talking more about the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, part of the Republican Party's all-of-the-above energy program. It's a good opportunity for us to talk…

Mr. President, I hate to interrupt the Senator. Would the Senator be willing to yield for 2 minutes so I can thank some people on the immigration bill? I promise I will take no more than 2 minutes.

Madam President, if I may, I say thank you to my good friend from Alabama. He is consistent. He has conducted himself incredibly well. He is a man of passion, and I agree with David Cameron and Jeff Sessions. Let's have a debate about…