Mr. President, I am here today to pay respects to Senator Byrd, whose desk is now adorned with a black cloth and flowers. I know we will all long remember Monday as the day we received some very sad news, for on that day, as the morning…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Spencer Suffling and Casey O'Neill of Senator Bingaman's office be granted the privilege of the floor for today, June 29, 2010. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for joining me this evening, in addition to the gentleman from Florida. We have been trying to point out the structural deficit and debt that this country can no longer absorb and that we have to…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I also would like to thank and congratulate the previous speaker for her outstanding summary of some of the issues that will be facing this House later this week. It is, as she said, a bill that will enhance big…

I thank the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Diaz-Balart, for his very succinct summary of why we haven't seen a budget and why we're not going to see a budget this year. And the answer, of course, is that it is so out of balance, we are…

I thank the gentleman from Florida. Mr. Diaz-Balart has been a powerful spokesman for responsible Federal budgeting. I now once again would like to recognize my colleague from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), who will be talking further about…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for joining me. You've been hearing about our concern that this year, for the first time since we had the Budget Act in 1974, we are not going to pass a budget in the U.S. House, and it's because the…

Mr. President, this weekend, the citizens of Greybull, WY gather to dedicate a monument at the Donald J. Ruhl Memorial Cemetery. This monument is the culmination of the hopes, dreams and hard work of dozens of people in the community. A…

Mr. President, I rise today to share my concerns as well about Iran and to express my support for tough sanctions against Iran. Iran poses a threat to the United States as well as to the international community. It continues to support…

I ask unanimous consent that the time in the quorum call be equally divided between both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I come to the floor today as someone who has practiced medicine and taken care of families in Wyoming since 1983. Again this weekend I was home in Wyoming visiting with families across the State. I was in Thermopolis for…

I also have pages and pages of case law of which the IRS has successfully litigated the issue of dividends in lieu of compensation and the applicability of employment taxes. Plus, Congress has codified the economic substance doctrine which…

Mr. President, the Reid-Baucus tax extenders bill before the Senate includes several provisions that, to my knowledge, have never been vetted by congressional tax writers either in the Senate Finance Committee or in the House Ways and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business until 5 p.m. with the time equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes…

Mayo Clinic said: We cannot afford to keep our doors open if we are taking Medicare patients. Specifically in Arizona, where they have a wonderful clinic, the best care in the world in many ways in the sense that early on in the health…

Mr. President, my colleague from Arizona is absolutely right. There is a front-page story in USA TODAY. I was reading it as I was coming back from Wyoming yesterday. In Wyoming over the weekend, I visited with a number of seniors on…

I thank my colleagues. The ability to change issuers is something that keeps insurance companies competing against each other to see who can offer the best product at the lowest price. Take that competition away, and prices will go up--for…

Mr. President, before coming to Washington, I ran a shoestore in Gillette, WY. I stocked the shelves. I worked with customers to fit them with shoes. I ran the cash register. I placed the orders with suppliers. I swept the floors. I…