I urge all of my colleagues to support this measure, which makes good financial and fiscal sense. It would lower the amount, providing greater assistance because there would be a greater number of loans which could be provided assistance…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 more minute. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Despite the fragile state of the economy and the futility of the effort in environmental terms, this administration presses forward. In the final analysis, the Clean Air Act does not recognize the international nature of climate change and…

Madam President, I rise to speak in support of the bipartisan resolution to disapprove EPA's endangerment finding, S.J. Res. 26. First of all, I am not here as a climate skeptic. I believe we should reduce emissions, but the steps we take…

Well, I appreciate my good friend Mr. Miller's statement. There is one that I do want to correct, though, which is that all of Ohio would be under his suggested limit of 415. We certainly could have picked a lower number. My community is…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment that caps the temporary authority for the Federal Housing Administration to insure homes in high-cost areas at $500,000. The current temporary…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio will be postponed. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Ms. Clarke The Acting CHAIR (Mr…

With all due respect to the gentleman from Oregon, since the Democrats have been in charge of the House for the past 3\1/2\ years, if there were any regulatory or legislative issues or resolutions that needed to be passed, certainly we…

As Congress takes up World Ocean Day, we are 51 days into a crisis in the gulf where this administration, 1\1/2\ years into this administration, still has not provided the American people with answers as to how will this leak be stopped…

As Congress takes this time to recognize World Ocean Day, I think it is absolutely appropriate for us to ask the administration for answers on the gulf oil leak and the tragedy that is occurring there. I think the American people are…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet during…

Again as we take up this resolution for World Ocean Day, America has questions for this administration on how they are going to stop this leak, how we are going to protect our oceans and the wildlife, and how this is going to be cleaned…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing on June 9, 2010, 9:30 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on June 9, 2010, at 2 p.m., in room…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Water and Power be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing on June 9, 2010, at 3 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building…

Mr. President, I stand here a bit incredulous about the comments of Senator Durbin, the assistant majority leader, about the oil industry and Republican opposition to simply making them pay for potential problems they cause. I say I am…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2010, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Local Perspectives on the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. in room 406 of the Dirksen Office Building. The PRESIDING…