Mr. President, there has been significant attention given to efforts by the United Nations to establish a global climate change agreement. The effort has been based, in large part, on information contained in reports prepared by the United…

Mr. President, I yield myself 10 minutes of Senator Bond's time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. New Climate Change Allegations

Madam President, I rise, again, in opposition to the nomination of Patricia Smith to serve as the Solicitor of the Labor Department. As I noted on Monday, the Framers crafted a system of checks and balances to ensure that each government…

Madam President, what is the time situation? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Wyoming has 2 minutes 40 seconds. The Senator from Iowa has 34 seconds.

Madam President, this argument about using the filibuster-- I have to say that both sides have used the same cloture techniques. I think if you check with the Bush nominees, we usually withdrew those and put someone else in. Of course…

Two points I would like to make. One is this is not the same statutory pay-as-you-go as was in effect in the 1990s. During the years that President Clinton was working with a Republican Congress, they did balance the budget and they did…

Mr. President, since we are technically under 30 hours of debate on the nomination of Patricia Smith to be Solicitor of Labor, I will rise in opposition to that nomination, as I did yesterday. I will elaborate a little on my concerns about…

Mr. President, in light of the 20 minutes that we just heard in defense, and he had spoken previously before I spoke, I ask unanimous consent for an additional 5 minutes to briefly comment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the nomination of Patricia Smith to serve as the Solicitor of the Labor Department. I have got to tell you, this is my 14th year in the Senate, and this is the first time I have taken the lead in…

Mr. President, there are so many places that a person needs to go if Ms. Smith does make it through the cloture vote. Of course, I have a lot more documents and information I will be sharing with people. I don't even know where to begin on…

Mr. President, during the 57th Congress, our predecessors passed the Newland Reclamation Act that changed the landscape of arid Western States. Part of the 1902 act, which created the Reclamation Service, included funding for a dam in a…

I thank the gentleman from Iowa. And I look forward to the day when you are in the majority party, next year on this floor, and I am in the majority party, God willing, and that we can work together with President Obama to solve the…

Interestingly, over the August recess, when we were all at home having town hall meetings and the people had their opportunities to step forward and express their opinions about this bill, one of the leaders of the majority party in the…

I thank the gentleman from Iowa. I think it is a tribute to you that over these many months of the last year, you have been stalwart in your support of the liberties of this country and the first principles of this country. The gentleman…

The father of the Massachusetts Constitution, John Adams, died 50 years to the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed. And as he died, he said ``Jefferson lives.'' And ironically, Thomas Jefferson died that very same day, 50…

I have a couple more questions for you. We look at the fact that, in the health care bill, the Senator from Nebraska sought an exemption from the impacts of Medicaid expenditures in his State and at the fact that the Amish sought an…

I don't know if you have any thoughts on the whole funding mechanism, from the Chamber's standpoint.

It is really about systemic funding.