The second one, the newest one to come out is a regulation by EPA under the oil spill liability clause where the EPA is proposing a regulation to apply to dairies because milk has fat in it. They want to apply the oil spill liability…

I thank the good lady for yielding. Mr. and Mrs. America, our economic growth is being stifled by 165,000 pages of regulations; 1.4 million laws were never voted on by this body. They are the law of the land, passed by the bureaucracy. We…

Mr. President, I rise today to reintroduce legislation, cosponsored by my colleague Mark Begich from Alaska, that represents an important step in the conversion to renewable energy sources in rural Alaska. Today I introduce the Kantishna…

By the way, 1,600,000 laws on the books today were never voted on by anybody. Not ever voted on. It costs $1.01 trillion a year to implement those regulations. You want to balance the budget? Eliminate those regulations and you can balance…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation that would make a minor technical change to a provision that this Congress approved in 2004 to further construction of an Alaska natural gas pipeline system to move Alaska's conventional…

Mr. President, I rise today to reintroduce legislation, being cosponsored by my colleague Senator Mark Begich from Alaska, to clarify Federal mining law and remedy a problem that has arisen from the extension process for ``small'' miner…

Mr. President, I rise today to reintroduce legislation that I first offered in 2009 to authorize a right-of-way for construction of an Alaska in-state natural gas pipeline. The bill is being co-sponsored by my colleague from Alaska, Sen…

Mr. President, I compliment the minority leader on his comments on trade. I wish to speak in morning business on the same topic. I will not have to speak long because I have talked about this many times since I joined the Senate over 2…

Mr. President, I wish to thank the Senator from Oklahoma for joining me. I will tell my colleague, whether you look at--you are right, this should not be controversial. It should be easy. I mean, it is like if you receive a check and it…

Mr. President, I rise to join my friend from Oklahoma to talk about a commonsense piece of legislation. I come to the floor pretty often to talk about the deficit, and I wish to talk about something very specific we can do to address this…

Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, as someone who has been in the real estate business for almost 30 years, there is enormous opportunity. I know that when I was mayor, we put more of the lands--we are not talking parks; we are…

Mr. President, to commemorate February 2011 as Black History Month, I would like to acknowledge the contributions of African Americans to the cultural, technological, and social evolution of our Nation and American democracy. Each year…

Mr. President, I rise to speak to a bill that I am reintroducing, being cosponsored by my colleague Mark Begich from Alaska, to resolve a land conveyance dispute in Northwest Alaska, the Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act. Shortly…

Mr. President, I had an opportunity during the comments of my colleague Senator DeMint to sit here and listen to those. I wish to start my comments today by complimenting Senator DeMint. Those were very thoughtful comments. Many of my…

Madam President, I now ask for its second reading and object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be read the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

Madam President, I understand that S. 192, introduced earlier today by Senator DeMint, is at the desk and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 366, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R…