Tell me why I don't hear that very often.

I guess we are just not as smart on this side of the podiums as we thought we were.

You know, if folks back in Kansas were listening to this hearing this morning, they would be amazed, talking about D-4 RINs and mandates and liabilities and fining companies because they don't buy a product that doesn't exist.

I have to say when I hear us talk in Washington about alternative fuels, I think you could sometimes substitute alternative for consumer rejected or unaffordable or imaginary.

Thank you, Congressman Graves. I appreciate your leadership. Sometimes we wish there had been someone like you on the Court today. Actually, before we forget, as for one of the five votes that upheld ObamaCare, in any other court of law…

we have had a lot of news in Washington, DC, and across the country over the last few days. There was a decision from the Supreme Court regarding immigration laws in Arizona. We are expecting and anticipating a decision by the Supreme…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Putting America to Work

I would say to our good friend from Pennsylvania that it is hard to believe that Chairman Bud Shuster would not be as troubled as we are by the state of the transportation bill. And he would be saying as we are: Just do it. You have…

I commend you all for your tireless efforts to ensure that America fulfills its obligations to our returning Service Members, Veterans, and their families.

I thank the very distinguished gentleman, the ranking member on Energy and Commerce. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct conferees to include the Coal Residuals and Reuse Management Act into any final conference…

I don't oppose the bill, but I do have concerns about one element of this bill, and that is the provision that affects whistleblowers in the Public Health Service. The law that would apply to these employees is that of the military, the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House Energy Action Committee and a Representative from an energy State, I come to the floor today to support an all-of-the-above energy bill and an all-of-the-above jobs…

So why don't you just give up? Why don't you build a natural gas-fired plant or an algae plant or a wind plant instead?

I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Kansas is recognized. Food for Peace

I come to the floor this afternoon to address an issue related to hunger, a topic that is a significant component of the farm bill we are debating, and particularly to raise the topic associated with an amendment I have offered. It is…

I hope that that--I have the sense, and I hope that it is the case, that that is a responsibility that you understand.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

This amendment, which I am offering jointly with Congress Members Welch and Pingree, would ban polystyrene products in our food service facilities here in the House. Mr. Chairman, in 2011, the new Republican majority in the House…