Frankly, the adoption of this resolution could have been, as I am sure most of us on this floor know, probably been done by unanimous consent, because what it calls for is our responsibility and is absolutely essential if we are going to…

I want to clear up something that the chairman of the committee just said that is not completely accurate. Yesterday, in our committee hearing, we had Dr. Shapiro to testify. And the thing that he said was that when regulations are…

Reclaiming my time, as I said before, again, he was saying that regulations are put into effect to protect Americans. And I want to make it clear that we, on this side of the aisle, we have absolutely no problem with making sure that we…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, as the ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I rise in support of H. Res. 72. In fact, Madam Speaker, all of the ranking members of the committees that…

I would just say one thing to the gentleman who just spoke, which is that we agree with the gentleman from Maryland. We want a comprehensive look at these regulations. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

It gives me great honor to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland, the whip, Mr. Steny Hoyer. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. President, today I am proud to re-introduce legislation to support greater public involvement in the administration of one of Maryland's most treasured National Parks. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Advisory…

I thank the gentleman from California for giving me this opportunity. ``Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.'' Mr. Speaker, perhaps those were Ronald Reagan's most famous words, words which meant a great deal to millions of people. But his…

Mr. President, I rise today to commend and congratulate the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, SRBC, in honor of their 40th anniversary. The Susquehanna River Basin Compact, which went into effect on January 23, 1971, brought together the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the privilege of the floor be granted to Scott J. Glick, a Department of Justice detailee to the Senate Judiciary Committee during today's session. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without…

Mr. President, Mr. Glick will be leaving us soon. He has been an invaluable resource, particularly for the subcommittee I chaired in the 111th Congress that dealt with terrorism and homeland security. I thank him for his dedicated work in…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague and congratulate him on the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration. It is a bill that we can all be proud of. I thank him for his good work. Mr. President, I rise to speak today on the…

Mr. President, I rise today in very strong opposition to any attempt to repeal the health care reform bill. The Republican leadership has offered an amendment to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act. They are only keeping half of their…

Mr. President, I listened to my friend from South Dakota. I was thinking about how long we have been debating health care reform. If we were to repeal the bill we enacted last year, how long would it be before we would be able to get back…

Mr. President, today, on the first day of Black History Month, I am proud to reintroduce The Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act. I am joined by Mr. Schumer, Ms…

Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was agreed to and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The resolution (S. Res. 28) was agreed to, as follows: S. Res. 28…

I thank my colleague. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this measure, which, along with the Supreme Court's radical decision in Citizens United, takes our Nation's campaign finance system in precisely the wrong direction: less…

I thank my colleague and thank him for offering this motion because it's very simple. What this does is allow the American public to finally know who is funding the political ads that they're watching financed by a lot of these shadowy…