I believe this Committee can assist State and local governments with ideas as to how to more efficiently manage the connection between energy and water.

I still believe that the Second Amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don't believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy.

I thank my colleague. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join Mr. Harper as an original cosponsor to offer legislation to repeal an outdated mandate on auto dealerships across the country. Under current rules, the National Highway Traffic Safety…

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to introduce this piece of legislation. It's common sense. I think it's something that should be widely accepted. I also appreciate the bipartisan nature in which we introduce this bill. Mr. Faleomavaega was…

Opening Statement

I think that is a very good and a legitimate question.

I appreciate your attendance here.

It is unfair because you had one second left when you were asked the question.

Decades of failed polices and hands-off management of our forests have left the majority of these lands in an unnatural, and unhealthy state.

Madam President, today we are debating a bill called the Bring Jobs Home Act. We live in serious times. We have a debt fast approaching $16 trillion, millions remain out of work, and economic and job growth has slowed to a crawl. Times…

Paragraph two of the letter says, and I quote: Under present law, there are no specific tax credits or disallowances of deductions solely for locating jobs in the United States or overseas. Deductions generally are allowed for all ordinary…

Each one of us will hold our kids a little closer, linger a bit longer with a colleague or a neighbor, reach out to a family member or friend. We will all spend a little less time thinking about the worries of our day and more time…

Sir, these documents have been redacted so they are totally useless.

I actually sponsored a bill, H.R. 3012. It is Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, which got rid of the per country cap limitations.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll of the Senate. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.

Mr. President, today I introduce the Preserving Work Requirements Act of 2012. Chairman Camp of the House Committee on Ways and Means will introduce a companion measure in the House. This bill halts last week's unprecedented power grab…

For those of us not invited to the local Dairy Queen for a Blizzard with the oracle of Omaha, the Warren cited in this quote is none other than Warren Buffet. He is a friend of mine--you know, the same Buffett from which the Buffett rule…

Madam President, the American people are struggling. Our economy is barely keeping its head above water. Millions of citizens remain out of work. President Obama has spent trillions in taxpayer dollars, and there is nothing to show for it…