Thank you for sharing that, and for the invitation. I very much appreciate your referencing the cost of energy. Affordable energy, after all, really is a driving factor in many other investment decisions and job opportunities. And I think…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and I appreciate his raising the point of the war on coal and talking about the economic benefits of coal in Pennsylvania. I don't know if anybody noticed, but deep in that 21-page declaration of…

But even in a savings to the Federal Government, do we measure the possibility that that savings will be a cost of the ratepayers not in their taxes but perhaps in their utility rates?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the opportunity for the next hour to bring to the attention of the House of Representatives and to the American people some very important issues pertaining to America's potential to be energy secure. This is an…

It shouldn't be this complicated. I have always found it frustrating that it requires a whole bunch of people creating a whole bunch of jobs to screw in a light bulb that will save money, and that ought to be fairly self-evident.

I thank the distinguished Senator from Vermont, and I wish to particularly thank my distinguished colleague from the State of Tennessee for all of his work on this border surge amendment. That is what we are talking about: a border surge…

I thank the Senator from Vermont. Americans want immigration reform, but they want border security first, and that is exactly what this amendment does. It secures the border with five tough provisions or triggers that must be met--that…

I rise today to address comprehensive immigration reform and to talk specifically about the Hoeven-Corker amendment. The Hoeven-Corker amendment is to secure the border. Besides myself and Senator Corker, this is bipartisan legislation…

He will never retire that debt. He will never get out from underneath it.

This needs to be done in conjunction with institutions of higher learning.

We are not only mortgaging our kids' future; we are mortgaging their parents' future, their grandparents' future, and we are putting their homeownership and their retirement at risk.

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for up to 10 minutes under Senator Leahy's time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We have an acute shortage and affordability issues due to our economy as things grow.

we have now filed the Hoeven-Corker border security amendment. I believe the first order of business for immigration reform is to secure the border. Americans want immigration reform. Of that there is no doubt. But they want us to get it…

I appreciate very much the question from the Senator from the great State of Texas. I thank him for the work he did and the work we did together, and the fact that we absolutely tried here to build on concepts the Senator put forward. It…

I would respond to the good Senator from Arizona and say, look, all of the ideas that have been brought forward to secure the border we have worked to include in this package. We have tried in a bipartisan way to listen to everybody and…

I appreciate the comments of the distinguished Senator from Mississippi. I rise to speak on immigration reform and to discuss an amendment I will be introducing to S. 744, the comprehensive immigration reform legislation the Senate body is…

Well, I appreciate the esteemed Senator from Arizona again emphasizing these points. That is what this is all about. This is about securing the border. And all of the things the Senator from Arizona just identified are in the bill. They…