I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1076, a bill to get the Federal Government--and Federal taxpayers--out of the business of buying radio programming they do not agree with. This is a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise to oppose this continuing resolution. Once again, the majority is reading from a very familiar script that imposes budgetary pain on vulnerable communities that can least endure these budget cuts…

The American people want to know where are the jobs. After 10 weeks of controlling the House, Republicans have no plan to create jobs, no plan to spur our economic growth. Instead of listening to the American people and making jobs their…

The majority has now been in power for 10 weeks and has yet to offer a plan for job creation. Instead, they have chosen to ignore the warnings of economists from across the political spectrum and are promoting a continuing resolution that…

Madam President, if the Chair will let me know when I get within 1\1/2\ minutes of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair will so advise.

Madam President, I understand I have up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. The Senator from Nebraska has suggested the absence of a quorum.

Madam President, I rise today to speak also on the matter of our country's unlimited spending, the fact that this last month, February--I don't know if many people know this; it was just published--we had the largest budget deficit for 1…

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is, according to U.S. News and World Report, the world's greatest children's and catastrophic illness research hospital. The Republican budget that passed this…

Madam President, as in morning business, I rise to speak on another topic that is actually related to us being competitive. I think everybody understands that we had another bipartisan event that just occurred recently where we kept…

I will speak briefly. I apologize. The chairman has done such a wonderful job working this bill through. I came down earlier, but I wasn't able to speak.

I want to thank Ranking Member Rahall for the time. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 662, the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2011. Last Friday, I was in Millington, Tennessee and I joined with Chairman Mica and Mr…

Madam President, I am on the floor to speak again in support of amendment No. 115, which I propose in connection with the patent reform bill, a bill I support and a bill I intend to vote for and a bill that is going to be used as a vehicle…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hagan). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 115

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Let me thank the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands for, once again, coming to the floor and organizing us to make sure that we sound the alarm, to make sure that we put out the facts about what is taking…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on an issue that is very important to me. The immediate subject I am going to address is an amendment I am going to propose to our pending patent reform legislation. This amendment calls upon the Senate to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Without objection, it is so ordered.

By recklessly slashing more than $60 billion from the budget, the Republican majority is trying to assume the mantle of fiscal responsibility. Yes, fiscal. Sometimes we in politics have problems with pronunciations, and sometimes we have…

Mr. President, I had the opportunity to speak with you in the last several moments, and you had a couple questions about the CAP Act that I was just discussing on the floor. The Presiding Officer had some great questions about what it…