I spent this last Friday on Grand Isle, South Louisiana, which is at the epicenter right now of this battle against the oil which is coming into our marsh. The anger and frustration I heard from official after official on the ground was…

A recent report has shown that enrollment in high-deductible health plans associated with health savings accounts grew by 25 percent in 2009 to a total of 10 million Americans. These plans, which often provide the lowest-priced health…

I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up amendment No. 4312 to amendment No. 4301. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: The…

Madam President, I stand to strongly support my amendment No. 4312, which I introduced today, along with Senators Gregg, Cornyn, Enzi, Alexander, and Hutchison, and I urge all of my colleagues, both sides of the aisle, to support this…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To ensure that any new revenues to the Oil Spill Liability…

With that, I relinquish the floor and thank my colleague for the courtesy of letting me call it up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont. Amendment No. 4318

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Gulf Oilspill

Mr. President, I come to the floor to talk about the ongoing oil disaster in the gulf. Being from Louisiana, we view this, correctly, as an ongoing disaster. This is not history. This is not a past event. This is not just some issue to…

Mr. President, along with my distinguished colleague Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, I rise today to introduce the Section 8(a) Improvements Act of 2010. As the Chair of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I have…

Madam President, as we near the close of the 2010 National Small Business Week, I am pleased to join Senator Olympia Snowe in introducing the Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2010, which extends a tax credit to salon…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, I want to congratulate the chairman and ranking member for an excellent mark. I voted for it coming out of committee. I have three amendments in en bloc, two I would like to mention…

On rollcall No. 302 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

I thank my colleague from New Orleans for yielding. This is a sad time for those of us from south Louisiana. It's a sad time especially as we look at what's happening every day as more oil gushes into our marshland, our valuable, fragile…

It's been a month now, over a month, since oil has been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon well explosion. And now 2 weeks after our Governor submitted a request to the Federal Government for a plan that we put on…

Mr. President, I know my good friend Bob Casey is here to speak, so I will be just a few more minutes. This is on a separate subject, but one that is very important. We have several disasters going on in this country and around the world…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To allow the Administrator of the Small Business Administration…

Mr. President, I come to the floor to offer some amendments and to call up several amendments regarding the emergency disaster loan program and SBA disaster loan relief on the underlying bill. I ask unanimous consent that the pending…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 4179