Some pundits are criticizing the Wall Street demonstrators as unfocused, inchoate, and disorganized. Well, let me render this opinion: It is Congress that is unfocused, inchoate, and disorganized. It is Congress that has not met its…

I would like to share a couple of words from the Cincinnati Inquirer. This is the beautifully written Cincinnati Inquirer editorial about Reverend Shuttlesworth: He once told the Tampa Tribune it helped to have a ``little divine…

Mr. President, I rise today to honor Rev. Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, an American civil rights hero who lived much of his adult life in Cincinnati who passed away this week at the age of 89. I come to the floor in support of a resolution with…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. I yield the floor.

Madam President, I appreciate very much Senator Sessions' comments, and even more I appreciate his work on this legislation. He was one of a couple of real key players in this legislation passing because he did such a good job of…

I appreciate the Senator's consistent push for fair trade policies. We have worked on Alabama's and Ohio's issues, from sleeping bags to steel. I appreciate that. The Senator said how important manufacturing is and that we cannot just turn…

Mr. President, I rise, first, to thank my colleagues, including the Presiding Officer, for supporting cloture today. It is the second major step in this body, passing the largest bipartisan jobs bill we have seen in this body in years. The…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise today in support of H.R. 2250. I'm a cosponsor of this legislation which was introduced in response to yet another overreaching EPA rule proposal, this time for industrial boilers. This rule…

The fight for women's rights and fair pay and protections for the disabled, none of those fights were easy, yet in the last few years, we celebrated the 90th anniversary of the 19th amendment, the 75th anniversary of Social Security, the…

I appreciate that. I was listening to one of the previous speakers who opposed this bill and characterized the bill as a China tariff bill. The Senator said it exactly right. When we sell to China, it is as if they put a tariff on our…

We are joined in the Chamber by two of the sponsors of this bill: the Presiding Officer, Senator Whitehouse, and Senator Casey from Pennsylvania. The Senator said something earlier about the supercommittee and deficit reduction, and what…

Mr. President, I very much thank Senator Harkin, the chairman of the HELP Committee, for his advocacy always for the middle class, advocacy always for those who aspire to the middle class, and especially the jobs bill. I particularly…

Mr. President, I said to Senator Inhofe I will be no more than 10 minutes and I appreciate his courtesy and his being here. I rise in opposition to the Hatch amendment. I respect and appreciate my colleague from Utah and his proposal to…

As a result of the work Senator Schumer did early on this bill, with the cosponsorship of the Senator from North Carolina who is presiding, this bill really is the first major bipartisan jobs-- major, biggest jobs bill we have brought in…

We do. The Senator from Oregon and I have talked about this, that there is a gentleman who worked for a paper company who illustrated to me what China has done. It was a specific kind of paper, a glossy, coated paper for magazines. The…

Madam President, I appreciate the words of Senator Cardin. He sits on the Finance Committee and was a long-time member of the House Ways and Means Committee and understands these issues as well or better than almost any Member of the…

Mr. President, as the manager of this bill and the sponsor of S. 1619, I am, first of all, pleased with the bipartisan support we have seen. We have five Republican and five Democratic sponsors as the lead 10 sponsors and another dozen or…

Mr. President, I appreciate the words of my freshman colleague, Senator Kirk. I think he recognizes from his days as a foreign policy expert, when he worked for the government on foreign policy, that a Presidential waiver is essential. My…