Mr. President, I thank Senator Whitehouse very much for his passion, his leadership. Just to emphasize what the Senator was talking about on the floor in terms of where we have come from, I remember being in the House of Representatives in…

Like my friend from Georgia, I rise today also with great pride to strongly support the nomination of Judge Mark Goldsmith, to be a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. I have known Judge Goldsmith for a…

I would be happy to. Mr. LeMIEUX. Your State has high unemployment and my State does too. I think you are at 14-some percent, and we are at 12 percent. Everybody cares about trying to get folks back to work, but shouldn't we find a pay-for…

From my standpoint, unfortunately, what I see over and over again are middle-class families and folks who are out of work are the ones who get hit over and over again. That is my concern. That is my concern when we get into tax policy…

I guess I would ask my friend back, would you agree that rather than decreasing the estate tax for less than one-half percent of the public, maybe we should make sure any dollars there should go back to somebody who doesn't have a job and…

Mr. President, with all due respect to my friend, the reality is that we have an economic emergency in this country. If 15 million people out of work isn't an emergency, I don't know what one is. So I would just fundamentally disagree with…

I don't think it is a different issue, with all due respect. Mr. LeMIEUX. Ma'am, I let you finish. If I may, we don't have an estate tax right now. The joke is, don't go hunting with your children because right now there is no estate tax…

Mr. President, I did not intend to speak again, except after hearing my colleague, I do feel it is important to say--I am not speaking to the specifics at all in terms of a proposal--but I do feel it is important to talk for a moment about…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, let me say I very much understand and appreciate the concerns of the Senator. This is in the bill we have in front of us today that we hope will be passed today. The complete language is in the…

Mr. President, first I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for his leadership and passion on this issue, and I am very pleased to join him in this amendment. I also thank the chairman of the Finance Committee for many hours on this floor…

Finally, I would say before having to leave the floor, I appreciate that in theory. I guess I would ask my colleague to come up with what your list would be of priorities, because---- Mr. LeMIEUX. We will do that.

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Minnesota. We are here to talk about President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan. I will come to the floor at a later point to respond to my friend from Wyoming with a different view about health…

I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Bartlett), who is in support of the bill.

In seeing that the Member is not here, I would ask again for a strong ``yea'' vote, and I would hope that our Senate colleagues are listening so that they will be able to move this legislation as quickly as possible. Mr. Speaker, I yield…

I know that we have one other Member who wishes to speak, but I do not see him on the floor; so I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

On June 8, 2010, I regret that I was not present to vote on H.R. 1061 and H. Res. 518. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on both bills. ____________________

Today, I rise in strong support of the American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes and Preventing Outsourcing Act. We cannot afford to ignore the job crisis any longer. I believe today's legislation will help Americans struggling with this…

As a cosponsor of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, I rise today in strong support of this legislation. In recent years we have watched as our country has fallen behind in educating our children for the 21st century and developing…