Russia is the number one adversary in that regard. That doesn't make them an enemy. It doesn't make them a combatant.

The number one national security threat, of course, to our nation is a nuclear Iran.

The country is in need of a turnaround. The Olympics was a turnaround. There were businesses I've been associated with that needed a turnaround. That kind of experience, of focusing on the most critical issue, building the most effective…

Mr. President, I am pleased to cosponsor the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2012, DASCA, introduced by Senator Whitehouse. The use of anabolic steroids or dietary supplements that contain designer steroids may trigger numerous…

There is a compromise here; it is the Hatch-McConnell bill. Our economy needs relief, businesses and families need certainty, and all we are proposing is extending current tax law for 1 more year so we can dedicate that year to do tax…

Mr. President, today we are debating the proposal of the Senate Democratic leadership to raise taxes on the American people. Pursuit of this tax hike strategy is clearly being instigated by the President's reelection efforts. I suspect…

Madam President, I yearn for the day when we can see both sides come together and work together--work together in the best interests of the country. We know this Presidential election is close. We know they are virtually in a tie right…

Madam President, I call up amendment No. 2573 and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Hatch], for himself and Mr. McConnell, proposes…

I wish to thank my friend from California for her kindness and for her graciousness in allowing me this little bit of time to make final remarks with regard to this bill that Senator McConnell and I have filed. We are going to be taking…

I ask unanimous consent for an additional 30 seconds, with an equivalent time for the other side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk…

I want to apologize to all of you. This has been extremely interesting to me, and I will read the transcripts.

The focus of today's hearing is narrow, but it is a very important one: the role of education incentives in our tax code.

I thank the chairman. I also want to appreciate and congratulate Dr. Ron Paul for his tireless pursuit of this openness and transparency. Without his leadership, we wouldn't be at this point today, and I applaud him and thank him for that…

If the Governor feels she did not get good names here, she can reject the whole batch and ask for more names.

That is up to each State to decide, what do you feel in your State is the level of voter participation that you need to have to make the system work for your State.

I have long shared, by the way, your concerns with States that have contested partisan elections to fill the vacancy at the outset because I think it is difficult to reconcile that with the need for judicial independence.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on national television in America that his government has what he described as unquestionable evidence.