Freedom of speech and religion and the recognition of the God-given dignity of every human life are core principles upon which America was founded, but these inherent freedoms are being attacked. The Southern Poverty Law Center is one of…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Alzheimer's Disease

every 68 seconds--a little more than 1 minute--someone in America develops Alzheimer's. It is a devastating and irreversible brain disease that slowly destroys an individual's cognitive functioning, including memory and thought. Back home…

It is a significant one. Deadline is looming, and no way foreseeable that we're going to meet that deadline.

I think you're one of the most important agencies of the Federal Government.

What the FCC does has a huge consequence on the ability for us to grow our economy, put people to work, pursue the American dream.

Yesterday, the ``Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'' report indicated that there are now dire new estimates for the rate of warming around the planet in the next century. The report represents the latest finding from the…

I'll change my speech and remarks to 'simplicity and certainty,' because you make a--it's a very valid point.

The message it's sending is that our Federal employees are not to be valued, that our managers are not to reward people for good work, that, in fact, we want the government to shrink, that we don't want it to be able to carry out its…

This is one more bill designed to punish the Federal workforce and to discourage the very people whom we need to join the Federal workforce. It's singling it out for harsher treatment than we would apply to ourselves or to our workforces…

I thank the chairman for yielding. We have seen too many examples of our Nation's bureaucracy making life harder for Americans and their families. Every weekend, when I return to Kansas, I hear story after story of Federal regulators…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. Whether I'm talking to Kansans back home or listening to witnesses at Ways and Means hearings, I've heard story after story of Federal…

This is destructive because it punishes the Iranian people and empowers the hard-liners. We have no problem with punishing the clerical government and many of the people in the military. They don't represent our values, but we want the…

3 years ago Congress passed a massive health insurance law which didn't have a single Republican vote, and it had significant opposition by the public. In an administration proclaiming to be the most transparent ever, this 2,700-page bill…

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota, my friend. Mr. Speaker, 29 prominent policymakers and experts who understand Iran and international relations, which includes former CENTCOM Commander, Ambassador Tom Pickering, stated in a letter to…

For the last four years, Congress has frozen federal employee pay. And this year, we are at it again, extending the freeze. Congress has also increased federal employee pension contributions for new hires without a corresponding increase…

The United States is experiencing a resurgence--and Senator Cornyn talked about what is happening in the private sector.

As a member of the Safe Climate Caucus, I want to applaud President Obama's commitment to address global climate change. As the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere climbed past 400 parts per million this past spring, which is a level…