A few days ago from this very Chamber, we heard the Israeli Prime Minister make clear that Israel seeks a permanent peace settlement with recognition of a Palestinian state. He reiterated that Israel seeks peace with its neighbors…

I serve as cochairman of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus with my friend and colleague Jim Langevin of Rhode Island. The Career and Technical Education Caucus is a group of Members seeking to broaden awareness here…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

I appreciate that. Thanks again for hosting this hour. Whether we're talking about addressing the deficit or whether we're talking about saving Medicare--frankly, both of those issues are intertwined--we've got to save the country, and…

I thank my good friend, Dr. Burgess from Texas, for yielding and also for being able to work with him in terms of our Congressional Health Care Caucus. We cover the health care industry from both important aspects--you as a physician and…

This week the United States House sent a clear message to the White House that it's time to address our Nation's growing debt crisis and get serious with real budgetary reforms so that America can meet its budget and credit obligations at…

I would like to engage in a colloquy with the gentleman from Alabama about some concerns about the Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Standards, known as CFATS. The Committee on Energy and Commerce has voted by more than two- thirds to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 332, after line 24, insert the following: SEC. 713. EXPANSION OF STATE LICENSURE EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN HEALTH…

I thank the chairman and ranking member of this committee. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Thompson-Berkley amendment, which is nearly identical to H.R. 1832, the bipartisan Servicemembers' Telemedicine and E-Health Portability Act…

It's incredulous what I am hearing here today from my friends on the other side of the aisle. I was a U.S. Attorney and used the PATRIOT Act. I debated it, I lectured it, and I put a terrorist away by using the PATRIOT Act. I was also a…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his leadership on this issue. Section 5508 of PPACA authorizes the Secretary to award grants to teaching health centers to establish newly accredited or expanded primary care residency…

I do support the Foxx amendment. I've listened to all the discussion on the floor, much of it dealing, most recently, with not the Foxx amendment, but actually with Medicare, which always catches my attention. You see, Mr. Chairman, I…

Mr. President, I wish to speak about a devastating illness, pancreatic cancer, and what we in the Senate can do to address this serious problem. Winston Churchill once said, ``Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.''…

I was unavoidably detained and unable to be in the Chamber for two rollcall votes on H.R. 754 due to a meeting with constituents at the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the Rogers…

Each year the White House recognizes outstanding teachers for their contributions to the teaching and learning of mathematics and science through the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science. On April 28…

Mr. President, today Senator Isakson and I are introducing the Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011. Since its creation in 1999, this program has provided freestanding children's hospitals with funding to support the…

A gallon of gas is over $4, heading to $5. The average family spends $2,200 more on gas than they did 2 years ago. Fourteen million Americans are out of work and wondering how they are going to put food on the table. America's…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the development of the Appalachian Development Highway System, ADHS. The completion of this highway system, which connects 13 States from New York to Mississippi, is critical to the economic…