I rise in support of the amendment that the gentleman from Arizona has brought to the floor. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would add a sense of Congress to this piece of legislation that the EPA should approach and exclude exceptional…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1633 because I coauthored this bill with my friend and colleague from Virginia (Mr. Hurt), and I did it to bring certainty, regulatory certainty to farmers…

Mr. President, the President of the United States has said repeatedly that he makes jobs his top priority, he wakes up every morning thinking about what he can do to create jobs and how he can create jobs. Yet we have the greatest…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when I complete my remarks, the Senator from Wyoming, Mr. Barrasso, be allowed to follow me. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

This doesn't have anything to do with the managers' package. Mr. McCAIN. It is agreeable on both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, the amendment, as modified, is agreed to. The amendment (No. 1087), as…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Keystone XL Pipeline

I agree that we must address the problem of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies doing business in Iran not being penalized for it under U.S. law. I know that, as in the past, there will be opposition from some in the business community…

We all agree that interactions by the international financial community with Iran's financial system should be severely reduced, not least because such interactions pose serious risks for the international banking system. But we do not…

Mr. President, I want to discuss the amendment to the pending Defense authorization bill negotiated between my two Banking Committee colleagues, Senators Menendez and Kirk, designed to address the deceptive and fraudulent practices…

I thank Senator Lautenberg for his longstanding leadership on this issue. It is timely for him to raise it again now in the wake of the IAEA's recent report on Iran's illicit nuclear activities and in the midst of our efforts in the…

Madam President, yesterday a number of us--I think the number now is somewhere in the 37-to-38 ballpark of Senators-- introduced legislation to expedite consideration of the Keystone XL Pipeline. What is interesting to me about all of this…

Mr. President, there are a lot of Republicans here who agree with one of the basic principles in the Democratic bill; that is, there is no reason why people ought to suffer even more than they already are from the President's failure to…

Reserving the right to object, could the manager clarify exactly what that is? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.

This MF Global failure is causing tremendous stress in our and other business operations as we are unable to use our futures accounts and unable to access funds.

Thank you again for inviting me to testify. I look forward to responding to your questions.

Do you think these steps are going to be-- and you said end of December?

I mean, I think that is, at the end of the day, what people want to know.

I would urge the Commission... to really view whatever proposed order or proposed action it was taking through the prism of job creation and economic growth.