We need to set partisanship and political gamesmanship aside and get the extenders package across the finish line as soon as possible.

If we purposefully enact policies to make energy--something every business needs--more expensive, American businesses and jobs will go to China, India, and elsewhere.

Unwise regulation in this area would do nothing, I fear, but stifle much-needed innovation in Internet service.

Although 5 years have past, those statements are just as true today.

I want to keep that fight going.

Military assistance from the U.S. Government and the coalition has been, and will continue to be, predicated upon the formation of an inclusive Iraqi government.

I do not believe that. I think if we roll back the laws Congress has enacted that raised contribution levels and increased tax incentives to save, then two very bad things would happen at a minimum.

Senator Hatch's bill has a number of things that remove some of those disincentives and make it easier for small employers to start a plan so more Americans could be saving.

Senator Hatch, your SAFE Retirement Act has the right focus and strikes the right balance.

Senator Hatch, your own legislation has provisions designed to encourage the offering of pensions to low-wage workers who might not otherwise be offered one.

Senator Hatch, your bill is a big step in the right direction toward removing complexities from the system.

I am glad the fight is between two Democrats this time.

Senator Hatch's bill would also permit small employers to band together in multiple-employer plan arrangements.

some of us are concerned that the field contains some who, rather than providing a nudge to, perhaps, help people navigate difficult decision-making, would provide full-fledged open field tackles of private citizens.

Mr. Betts, you have real-life experience trying to convince small employers to adopt a retirement plan for their workers.

The tax incentive is very powerful in middle-class America in making these decisions.

I believe this tradition of bipartisanship on these issues can and will continue.

Are the Peshmerga and Kurdish political leaders supportive of a unified and stable government in Baghdad?