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On Monday, the members of the Penn State women's volleyball and the men's and women's fencing national championship teams were honored by the White House. They were two of the more than 30 National Collegiate Athletic Association national…
Mr. President, I have sought recognition to introduce the Stem Cell Research Advancement Act of 2010 on behalf of Senator Boxer, Senator Feinstein, and myself. Some 21 days ago, in the United States District Court for the District of…
This weekend, we received sad and disturbing news from Afghanistan as 10 humanitarian aid workers, six of them Americans, were killed in a barbaric Taliban attack. Among those killed was one of my constituents, Glen Lapp of Lancaster, as…
Mr. President, I rise this evening to speak about the bill we passed today, what is known as the child nutrition bill, but the actual title is the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. We passed it by unanimous consent, which means we…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3739 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``For-Profit Schools: The Student Recruitment…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on August 4, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in room 328A of the Russell Senate Office Building…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on August 4, 2010, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Oversight and the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 4, 2010, at 10 a.m. in room 406 of the Dirksen…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 4, at 1 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 4, 2010, at 2:30 p.m…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Seapower and the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on August 4, 2010, at 10 a.m. The…
Mr. President, today I am introducing the Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act. Next year the baby boom generation will start turning 65 and by 2030, all 78 million will have reached that age. We must ensure this generation that fought in…
Madam President, I rise tonight to speak about a topic we speak to on a regular basis, but, frankly, we don't speak about it enough in terms of the priority we should place upon it. That, of course, is the issue and the priority we place…
Mr. President, I wish to speak to a resolution honoring the National Council for International Visitors, NCIV, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The United States has the responsibility of protecting its citizens by ensuring peace…
Mr. President, I rise today to discuss a very important provision in the new Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act just introduced by the majority leader which would require public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing…
Mr. President, I seek recognition to introduce the Safe Highway Markings Act of 2010, a bill that would establish minimum standards limiting the amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads for reflective pavement markings. This…