Simply put, it should be a right for every single toddler to be enrolled in a high-quality, early-education program.

I can tell you that the threats are, as we indicated the other day in our conversation, extremely real and extremely ongoing.

We face a deadly and determined enemy who seeks to do us harm--enemy from without, enemy from within.

The new pat-down procedures embody the enormously difficult task--unavoidably difficult task--impossible task--of balancing the need to protect the public and the need to maintain their privacy.

I appreciate peoples' concerns. I understand that there's a frustration.

Mr. President, Congress has acted to improve our Nation's intelligence community--and therefore our national security-- by passing an intelligence authorization bill and sending it to the President. The President's signature will enact…

I urge the NAIC to maintain its pro-consumer perspective and to reject the health insurance industry's last-minute attempt to erode the good work of the [NAIC].

It's the only way we are going to stop Obama.

Joe is not bad as governor, but when he is with Obama. He turns into Washington Joe.

Mr. President, I thank you for allowing me to speak on this important legislation, the Guardians of Freedom Act of 2010, that will make the Chief of the National Guard Bureau a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As the former Governor of…

Mr. President, in the Senate, the core job, obviously, of any Senator is to do all we can every day to help our constituents. It has been such an honor for this Senator to stand with our newest Senator from West Virginia, Carte Goodwin…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010. This important piece of legislation sets aside 6,042 acres of the Monongahela National Forest on North Fork Mountain in Grant County, WV, to be…

Mr. President, the Senator from West Virginia wishes to continue as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, first, I wish to reemphasize how much I respect Senator Enzi, the senior Senator from Wyoming, and the fact that he is quite right about the MINER Act and what took place after Sago, which was another rural spot in West…

The Committee has so far passed two critical motor safety bills--the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 and the Distracted Driving Prevention Act.

The Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009, S. 1938, introduced by Chairman Rockefeller (D-WV)

As co-authors of this provision, we strongly oppose any attempt to repeal or weaken it.

A major focus of our Committee's work this year has been on oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and legislation to improve vehicle and highway safety.