I agree with the Senator from New Hampshire on some of what she said with respect to facing up to our deficit and debt. This debt does present a clear threat to our country, and it must be confronted. I agree with her entirely on the…

We are hopeful that before this is over there will be 100 percent recovery.

You know, what flummoxes us is how there can be $1 billion or thereabouts missing and nobody seems to know where it has gone.

This is a project that reduces our dependence on oil from the Middle East. This is a project that provides better environmental stewardship, as we have described. This is a project where we need to move forward. This body needs to be about…

I rise this morning to discuss the North American Energy Security Act in a colloquy with my colleagues. Joining me will be our leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, Senator Johnny Isakson from…

I would ask Senator Isakson to join us at this point. He is here specifically to talk a little bit about the issue with oil sands development and China. So Senator Isakson, and then certainly Senator Hutchison as well.

This is a project that is absolutely ready to go and will not cost the Federal Government one penny. It puts 20,000 workers on the job right away. The hurdle was the route through Nebraska, but we have now worked with the State of…

I thank Senator Isakson and ask the Senator if he has any more he wants to add. I know the Senator has to leave and is on a tight timetable.

I thank Senator Isakson and thank him for being here. I will turn to Senator Hutchison from Texas. We have actually 40 Senators already on this legislation--40 Senators. It is bipartisan. This is something we absolutely need to move on. I…

I thank the Senator from Texas. Senator Hutchison is, as usual, not only eloquent but has hit the nail on the head. Looking across our country from North Dakota to Texas to Oklahoma, across our country we need these jobs. This is the way…

If I may, I would like to ask the esteemed Senator from Oklahoma to talk for a minute on the subject of how we create that environment that gets job creation going. I think this project is a perfect example of what we are talking about. We…

I thank the esteemed Senator from Oklahoma. He is so right. That is what it is all about. It is about putting people back to work. It is about American ingenuity, private investment. It is about getting this economy going. We have to find…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues during our morning business time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

The amendment declares that the United States should maintain a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems which includes missiles, bombers, and submarines. It also declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the President should…

I rise to speak in regard to several amendments to the Defense authorization bill. First is in regard to the nuclear triad and the important role it plays in defense of our Nation and security of the world and also in regard to the Global…

that is a loophole so big you could drive a Mack truck through it.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. North American Energy Security Act of 2011

The thing that is most curious to me, in the Wall Street Journal, they say MF Global's trading frenzy might have attracted more attention if it had not been hidden.