I think that it has tremendous potential particularly because of the convergence with CO2 capture and carbon sequestration.

I say to my colleagues, Senators Portman, Alexander, Barrasso, and Cornyn, that it is great to be here this morning to engage in this colloquy. I want to follow up on the points that my esteemed colleague referred to on both energy and…

That is a tremendous asset and a tremendous facility and I would ask that you check and get back to me that you are, through your O&M account, maintaining those fuel lines, for both now and for the future.

I commend you for it. And I want to work hard to help you achieve it on behalf of our airmen and the mission.

It is, both your MILCON budget and then your O&M budget, as it is set up right now, is very important for the ability of our airmen and aircraft to deliver those missions.

I rise to speak on the important issue of the day. Sometimes complex challenges present clear and compelling choices. That is the case for the fiscal challenge before us today. We have a choice between delay and disruption or progress and…

I would like to speak this afternoon about an issue that I believe is of paramount importance to our efforts to restore America's economic vitality and to control our debt and our deficit. I would like to talk about jobs. I wish to begin…

I've always found that people react better if you ask them to do something then if you tell them they have to do something.

I think one of the biggest problems in terms of the Federal Government is they're making things more complex instead of making it simple.

The challenge is dollars. As you know we're a little short of dollars here, spending more than we're taking in and that's a problem that we've got to change.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 64, nays 36, as…

If we were to go backwards, it wouldn't save the government a penny.

Taking thousands of people, maybe tens of thousands of people off government assistance and giving them hope is the way to go.

The reason I took the time to talk about the economic environment we live in, because that economic environment still exists.

We are building a town on our reservation that Senator Johanns referred to.

hoping for an amendment to make disciplinary proceedings public.

It's amazing to think we've been at war for over a decade--more than one war.

You know, with all they've been doing over the last 10 years, do you have a sense that they're keeping up in terms of their needs?