We have had three Senators come to the floor. The Senator, the ranking member of the committee is here now, Senator Snowe. I have the greatest respect for the Senator. She outlined a few points that she has concerns about. I will come back…

I thank the Senator from North Carolina, and I ask unanimous consent to yield the next 15 minutes to the Senator from Florida. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Florida. Mr. LeMIEUX. I again thank…

Mr. President, I see the cosponsor of this amendment. I will ask unanimous consent for him to be recognized. But before I do, I wish to ask a question of the Senator from North Carolina. Senator Hagan is on the floor. I would like to pose…

Mr. President, I appreciate those remarks. A portion of the LeMieux-Landrieu amendment is to step up exports. The Senator from Oregon has been one of the key designers of this program. He is going to speak about a very important point that…

This says: Is small business credit in a deep recession? This is the NFIB. They are one of the most conservative business organizations. I want to read to you their executive summary. It says: Forty percent of small businessowners…

Mr. President, I see several Members on the floor. I am going to speak for 2 minutes, and then Senator Klobuchar for 1 minute, and Senator Merkley for 10; and if somebody else comes, we will put them in the queue. Senator LeMieux may want…

Yes. It will create many jobs, and maybe we can then have a recovery that has jobs associated with it. That is the effort. We have fashioned this so that it is going to make money for the Treasury. It is not related to TARP funding. It is…

Absolutely, this is a jobs bill. The Senator from Michigan represents a State that has been one of the hardest hit States, the automobile industry. She has firsthand experience there. She knows these numbers as well as I do: From 1993 to…

Absolutely. The Senator is correct. He refers to this long list, which I have read several times on the floor. It is quite lengthy. These are not liberal organizations. They are not even Democratic or Republican organizations. They are…

Mr. President, I have spent the better part of this day on the floor with many of my colleagues speaking about the small business jobs bill that is so important, and I would like to give credit to some of my Republican colleagues. They…

Mr. President, before I speak about the underlying amendment, the small business amendment----

A blanket moratorium is not the answer. It will not measurably reduce risk. It will have a lasting impact on the Nation's economy, which may be greater than that of the oil spill. We do not believe in punishing the innocent. Overcome…

And that's exactly what the people in the gulf want. The people don't want an unemployment check, they want jobs. They've got good jobs, and they're being taken away by the President. And what they've said is keep this industry going…

I thank my colleague from Louisiana for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, a year and a half ago, the liberals running Congress passed the stimulus bill, claiming they needed to add another $787 billion to the national debt in order to keep…

I want to thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding and for talking about this important issue. When we talk about jobs, today we had a long debate here on the House floor about unemployment. And, of course, if you look at what's been…

Sure, I would be happy to share that with my colleague from Georgia. Of course Speaker Pelosi earlier today, during the debate, she actually said that unemployment creates jobs. Now, the logic of that I don't think anybody can understand…

Mr. President, the Senator is aware that all 59 Democrats support Main Street, and we have been joined by the Senator from Florida, Mr. LeMieux. This is the LeMieux-Landrieu-Merkley- Cantwell-Boxer amendment. We will be joined by others…

I thank the Senator from Washington. We are joined now by the Senator from Rhode Island, who has been another champion for small business. He knows, as we all do, that small businesses are the engines that are going to lead us out of this…