the best enforcement tool is a good deterrence.

I rise to speak to the permanent solution that is being put forward on a bipartisan basis today, which is the Student Loan Certainty Act. Again, I wish to emphasize that this is a bipartisan solution. Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from…

I wish to clarify for the esteemed Senator from Iowa that I intend to speak in support of the student loan certainty act which he may not be in favor of, so I wish to be clear. I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes, while…

My understanding is to preserve the 2 minutes for the Senator from North Carolina.

I think the concern here is that in anything like this that is going to have a fair level of controversy...

I hope in 10 years you are right.

I rise today to say a few words about my friend who is leaving the Senate this week, Massachusetts Senator Mo Cowan. I have to admit that when he first arrived I was excited because I was no longer going to be 100th in seniority. That job…

I thank my colleague and neighbor from South Dakota for authoring and offering this amendment, which I support and urge my colleagues to support. It really re-prioritizes the spending and the good work that the Appropriations Committee has…

my personal belief is that efficiency ought to be its own reward.

the Federal Government manages half-a-million buildings in the United States, and that speaks to a whole other challenge, which I think, frankly, is symptomatic of why Administration officials and bureaucrats can come in here and give…

I think that is exactly right.

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his good leadership on this important topic on the importance of coal as a major player in our energy fleet. If I could just for a second, Mr. Speaker, inquire about the balance of time available in…

Thank you so much for your insights and your experience in this very important industry of coal and all of the things that it supports and that support it. I think that an appropriate way to sort of wrap this discussion up is to remind…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I especially appreciate your reference to the Keystone pipeline and to the importance of the role of electric cooperatives. A lot of people forget that there is a Keystone pipeline. There was…

A couple of weeks ago, our President announced his intention to unilaterally disarm our national defense by cutting back our nuclear deterrent. This week, he announced his intention to unilaterally disarm our entire economy by declaring…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the gentleman from Kentucky's speaking to the issue of coal, because like oil and gas, coal is also important to North Dakota. It's an industry that's been around for decades. In fact, we really learned…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership today and his leadership on this important legislation coming out of the Natural Resources Committee. I would like to speak specifically to some more economic opportunity as illustrated from my home…

Thank you so much. Thanks for your stories. I think they illustrate so beautifully the importance of an all-of-the-above energy policy that keeps prices rolling. You know, one of the things I thought about as you were talking about jobs…