I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds for polystyrene…

I would say to my good friend from California, this amendment doesn't reintroduce the composting program, and it doesn't deal with those utensils--which I admit, some of them were not the best--but this deals with the polystyrene…

Well, certainly the gentleman makes a compelling argument here in terms of employment. But it is clear that when you talk to people who regularly use our cafeterias, that they are concerned about the health effects of polystyrene…

I thank my friend from Florida very much. Mr. Chairman, not only do I oppose the amendment, I don't think we should be shutting down this program. This was a bipartisan program one of whose principal sponsors was Senator Ted Stevens from…

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Fallen Heroes

I thank the Senator from Arizona for his tremendous service. Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Connecticut and I be permitted to join in a colloquy on the situation in Syria. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

last week on Memorial Day, Americans remembered our Nation's fallen troops who laid down their lives for our Nation. We are blessed to live in a country where individuals volunteer to defend our Nation and our freedoms--no matter the cost…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, H.R. 5842, the Restoring Access to Medication Act, which I authored and introduced, passed out of the full…

After an exhaustive review, the Department of Homeland Security chose Manhattan, Kansas, as the site for the new BSL 4 National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. This will be the only such facility capable of researching large animals in the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. DHS, under both the Bush and Obama administrations, has made it clear that a BSL 4 lab is essential to our national security, and building a new structure to host the National Bio and Agro-Defense…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The first priority of the Federal Government is to protect the American people, and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility has been declared necessary to provide that protection. The Department of…

Just as Congresswoman Jenkins opposed this amendment, I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment as well. The facility at NBAF is a facility that is not just about Kansas. It's important that it's in Kansas. I'm happy that Kansas…

As a farmer and rancher myself, I am very concerned by this amendment. One might be led to believe that with the adoption of this amendment, somehow important research would continue. Actually the opposite is true, Mr. Chairman. We have…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Senate colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Startup Act 2.0

I very much appreciate the remark of the Senator from Missouri and his cosponsorship of this legislation. Let me highlight something he pointed out, which is in the short time that those of us on the floor today have been in the Senate…

the answer to that in Kansas is that it doesn't make any sense at all. There is no good judgment there. That is a point I would make in a more broad way. The provisions of Startup 2.0 are mostly about common sense, things that would make…

entrepreneurs and new businesses are vital to the strength of the U.S. economy. We need to be a competitive country in which we have great success in creating jobs in America. Between 1980 and 2005, startup companies--less than 5 years…

throughout history, medical research has been responsible for hundreds of groundbreaking discoveries that have improved and saved lives, enabled health care to become more effective and efficient, and lowered overall health care costs. May…