Mr. President, I rise today to speak about Cathryn Hilker on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Cathryn is a resident of Cincinnati, OH, who has done incredible work over the last 30 years to help save the world's cheetah population. On…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the period for morning business be extended until 6:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bennet). Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, while it is important to address the Federal budget deficit, too many Washington politicians have turned a blind eye to the U.S. trade deficit. Working families in Ohio and our Nation's manufacturers haven't forgotten about…

I thank the gentlewoman. And while I will not offer an amendment to strip section 721, a legislative provision that prevents the U.S. Department of Agriculture from doing its job as instructed in the farm bill, relative to fair competition…

I thank the gentleman so very much for that kind effort. The current proposal will silence the nearly 60,000 comments on the rule because it will prevent USDA from reading the record. And, finally, it will undermine long overdue fairness…

I just wanted to ask the gentlelady if she would find the present time convenient to enter into the discussion regarding GIPSA, though we are on this amendment at this point.

I thank the gentleman. I thank you for yielding. We may not agree on everything, but I think if we agree on some of the history that brought us to this point, maybe we can do something right for the Republic, and certainly for those people…

I want to thank the ranking member from California (Mr. Farr) for his hard work and Mr. Kingston, the chairman from Georgia, for bringing this bill before us today. And I am really sorry I can't support it. At a time of such instability in…

In sum, this bill falls far short of what America needs. I mentioned the nutrition programs, and their serious underfunding affecting seniors, children and women across our Nation. I want to thank the chairman for accepting an amendment to…

Rugged individualism. Oh, am I glad the gentleman brought that up. Rugged individualism produces a heartless bill like this. Now, if you look back to why we're in the dumpster economically, go back to the 1990s. Read Alan Greenspan, a…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the gentlewoman's striking the last word a second time?

I move to strike the last word, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

I rise to associate myself with the fine efforts of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Ranking Member Sam Farr to point out the anemic funding that is contained in the base bill for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The Republican bill…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

My colleagues, what we really have here is a discussion not so much as to which party has moral superiority here, but it's really a deeper question about what's the purpose of our Nation and whether we are aligned with the Founding…

I first want to thank the committee, and in particular the chairman of the subcommittee, for the good work he's done on the bill overall. But I support the gentleman from Utah's amendment. Any Member of Congress can do this in their…

Mr. President, for over a week the Senate has been debating the Economic Development and Revitalization Act of 2011, which would reauthorize funding for existing programs of the Commerce Department's U.S. Economic Development…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the All- American Made Flag Act, on this 234th celebration of Flag Day in our Nation, On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress first adopted a flag for our new country, bestowing a meaning…