Mr. President, on occasion there are some things that happen in this Chamber that get precious little attention but represent very good news. Last evening, with virtually no attention, a piece of legislation was passed by the Senate…

Mr. President, after consultation with the chairman of the House Budget Committee, and on behalf of both of us, I hereby submit this Statement of Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for the conference report to H.R. 2194, the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

If I might just give you a couple more seconds and point out that the decision to change the Internet from a telecommunications service to an information service was not a Congressional decision.

I think that while there may be disagreement around this table about reclassification or this or that. I think there's no disagreement here that all of us aspire to the same result.

The need for universal service to support the advanced communications networks in this country is why I believe the FCC should move forward with this reclassification.

What if, in this case, with respect to the build-out of infrastructure of the Internet, we say, 'Whatever happens, happens. Let the marketplace decide who gets what, and when.'

I think that's a very important point, the business case.

So, that's why I think there needs to be some national policy here to stimulate this.

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a business meeting on pending committee issues to…

I am as hopeful as anyone that electric vehicles are here to stay, but I think we recognize, particularly in this committee, that sometimes when we try to pick the winners and losers, we do not do a very good job of it.

If nothing else happens, accepting that some other countries are moving toward an electrified fleet, in those countries, they will still use the internal combustion engine.

I believe the answer is yes. We have come up with an approach that says, with respect to electric vehicles, let us develop a series of incentives to further battery technology.

Government is the problem not the solution.

we need to make sure that we are doing it all, that we support the hydrogen vehicles, that we push evenly.

We hear it all the time and is usually an excuse for doing nothing.

We commend the sponsors for their leadership on the issue of electric drive vehicle deployment.

The bill should be modified to provide an even playing field for all electric drive technologies.