I would like to place in the Record a letter from 26 organizations that urge Congress to oppose the provision restricting contact with Iranian officials. December 8, 2011. Dear Representative: We urge you to oppose the provision…

I would like to place in the Record an article by Seymour Hersh which cites the IAE's report suggesting, according to the Arms Control Association, that Iran is working to shorten a time frame to build a bomb once and if it makes the…

I would like to place in the Record an article from the Arms Control Association which states that the IAEA board resolution avoided direct censure of Iran, and did not declare Iran to be in noncompliance with its nonproliferation…

I would like to place in the Record an article from the Washington Post ombudsman entitled, ``Getting ahead of the facts on Iran,'' which states that the IAEA report does not say Iran has a bomb nor does it say it is building one. [From…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the contributions of our Nation's nurses and to thank them for their service to patients across this Nation. Nurses are among the largest group of health professionals and are on the front lines of…

I echo the words of the senior Senator from Texas in support of our men and women who might be home on leave, might have been sent somewhere on Active Duty, that this is the least we can do. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business until 7:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, 10 years ago this month--10 years ago actually tomorrow, I believe--the People's Republic of China officially joined the World Trade Organization. American businesses, we were told, would gain new access to Chinese markets…

Mr. President, it never ceases to amaze me to hear my colleagues whose first loyalty is to Wall Street banks, who continue to make excuses for being against putting a consumer cop on the beat. This is an office that will be a…

Madam President, I go home every weekend, back to northeast Ohio where I live in a town called Avon in Lorain County. I want to go home at Christmas. I want to be with my 3-year-old grandson and my three daughters and son. But I also think…

I would like to congratulate the gentleman from Illinois, Congressman Randy Hultgren, on winning our friendly wager on the MAC football championship game last Friday. The participants in the game, Ohio University and Northern Illinois…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of H.R. 10, the REINS Act, because America's job creators are buried in red tape and need certainty from the Federal Government in order to create jobs. This bill would provide…

Numerous stories have come out over the last few weeks, all detailing the corruption and outright fraud on Wall Street. First, there was the recent news about former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson's inappropriately tipping off a…

If the gentleman would just yield, I'd like to add that I agree with you completely. Every small business that I walk into tells me, Marcy, bring me customers. Customers are a function of having spendable income. There are no more…

I was just going to say, very quickly, that sounds to me very life-giving, Congressman Garamendi. It doesn't sound like there are death panels. It doesn't sound anything like some of the opponents were saying when that bill was first…

I thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I am very pleased to join my colleagues this evening, including John Garamendi of California, to talk a little bit about the standoff that appears to be happening in discussions between the Senate and…

Congressman Tonko, I want to thank you so much for coming to the floor tonight to again express your deep and abiding passion for jobs in our country. And I wanted to follow on something you said. This is actually a chart which shows our…

I want to thank you so much for bringing this family's plight to light here in the Congress on behalf of all of America's families who are suffering at this holiday season. Isn't it an indictment on the legislative branch of this country…