We want to be the number one. We want to stay competitive, and those markets are very, very important.

Mr. President, very soon the Senate is going to be voting on whether to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012, to enact the so-called Buffett rule. It is ironic that we would be debating that subject…

Then, of course, there is even the Governor of a State such as California, which I will submit for the Record. But the point is, there are lots of promises made that haven't been kept with this legislation. I yield the floor. The ACTING…

It certainly is. As the Senator from Wyoming mentioned, the huge majority of businesses around this country--and especially small businesses such as those he and I represent in Wyoming and South Dakota--are enormously concerned about what…

Well, I would say to my colleague from Arizona, he always has a way with words when it comes to describing the strange meanderings of the process here in Washington, but it is. Unfortunately, all those groups that had access to the process…

Mr. President, I rise today to honor a true trailblazer, my colleague Senator Barbara Mikulski. Earlier this month, she crossed a major milestone by becoming the longest serving woman in Congress. Before she set her sights on Congress…

Madam President, I rise today to express my views on the bill that is before us--H.R. 3606--the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. This bill is a package of measures intended to increase capital formation a goal which I believe Democrats…

It would be, and, by the way, we have that amendment and would be happy to offer it. We tried to call up the bill, but it was objected to by the Democrats. The thing about bad ideas around here is that they tend to come back. This idea…

The combination of those things is only going to cost jobs. I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Iowa. ____________________

Madam President, I echo what the Senator from Arizona said about the CLASS Act. He was here, as was I and many others, debating this bill and saying this was a program destined to be bankrupt. In fact, if we look at the independent…

I would say to my colleague from Mississippi that one of the areas where jobs may be created is in the Federal Government because it is going to take an awful lot of Federal bureaucrats to oversee and lots of new IRS agents to implement…

What's causing the delay there?

the potential for the regional industry--we think there's a potential it would be very difficult.

we want to make sure we have the most highly qualified pilots flying in the flight decks of our aircraft

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Ingianni Acosta, an intern for the Banking Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about an amendment I am cosponsoring with Senator Cantwell as well as Senator Graham and Senator Shelby to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. This amendment is important to thousands of workers in…

Mr. President, I say to my friend, I believe sincerely-- and I think he does--that we need a real all-of-the-above strategy. We ought to be developing all forms of American energy, homegrown energy, domestic energy. I appreciate it when…

I appreciate the Senator's legislation. I hope it is acted on. It is a rare day indeed when you have legislation that has bipartisan support, and in the case of the JOBS bills, also supported by the White House. That is a tremendous rarity…