Mr. President, again, I thank my colleagues both, and particularly Senator Cardin, for that impassioned plea to focus this place on small business. If we are serious about creating jobs, then our focus, our effort, our work should be for…

We will take them up, hopefully, in a package at a later date, but I want to call my colleagues' attention to the package of bills that will expand loan limits, expand contracting opportunities with the Federal Government, which, by the…

I am pleased to speak as chair of the Small Business Committee with several of my colleagues from the committee who have been hard at work coming up with ideas, drafting and passing legislation in the Small Business Committee over the last…

Mr. President, I join my colleague in supporting this amendment. We have modified it from the original version. No environmental laws will be ignored. The process will be followed. But this amendment would simply expedite getting money to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senators Hutchison and Landrieu be added as cosponsors of the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Of this massive almost 3,000-page bill, there is not one thing that lowers cost; not one. A recent Heritage Foundation article focused on the fact that the health care system is fraught with perverse economic incentives that generate…

Mr. President, in 2005 we passed the CF program, which is revenue sharing for States, for coastal conservation and other purposes. Unfortunately, that money has been very slow to get to States. Only 15 percent that was supposed to have…

Tomorrow Ambassador Kirk will meet behind closed doors with the House Ways and Means Committee. While I appreciate the meeting, why do congressional Democrats refuse to talk in the open about creating jobs through international trade? I am…

Mr. President, with regard to this technical point of order, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 4(G)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, I move to waive all applicable sections of those acts…

I am a physician who has treated the uninsured in a teaching hospital for the last 20 years and, indeed, not just the uninsured, but oftentimes the people who have Medicaid. So I applaud the President and my Democratic colleagues because…

The American people continue to say in every opportunity that they can that they don't want a government takeover of health care. And all they get from the tone-deaf liberals that are running Congress is this latest attempt to ram the bill…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I rise in support of the resolution to impeach U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous, who is a judge representing the Eastern District of Louisiana. I want to thank Representatives Schiff of…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To clarify application requirements relating to the…

I have already discussed my amendment. I yield the floor. Amendment No. 3454 to Amendment No. 3452 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Carolina. Mr. DeMINT. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to temporarily set…

Where are the jobs? Our Nation's unemployment rate continues to hover around 10 percent and 36,000 more Americans lost their jobs last month; yet, once again, the current administration is failing to listen. Despite public opinion 2-1…

Madam President, I rise to speak about Vitter amendment No. 3458. I hope, by the time I wrap up, the Members leading the discussion on this bill will be prepared to make the bill pending so I may also make my amendment pending. This…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside any pending business and to call up Vitter amendment No. 3458. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative…

I want to thank the gentlelady, Mrs. Schmidt, for giving me the opportunity to speak on this subject. Of course, for those who are in the audience, in the gallery, the question is probably, What does this guy know about National Women's…