I thank the gentleman for yielding. Maybe the public gets tired of this back and forth. But the gentleman talks in ways that indicate that all of a sudden, in 2009, January, when President Obama took office, somehow the world fell apart…

We've done some very substantive things, most of which your party has opposed. We passed last year the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which you voted against and which your party voted, to a person, against. I don't know whether…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. On Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday and Thursday, Mr. Speaker, the House will meet…

I don't think the same would be because of both the Senate and the House. I'm hopeful that we will pass the supplemental through the House, but it won't be in the same position because we haven't had a conference on the supplemental. The…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to tell the gentleman, although I announced only the American Jobs Bill Closing Tax Loopholes and Preventing Outsourcing Act, my expectation is we will also deal with the COMPETES Act next week as…

I thank the gentleman from Tennessee, the chairman of the committee, for yielding. I congratulate Mr. Hall, my good friend from Texas, for his leadership. And I rise in support of the America COMPETES Act. I want to congratulate Mr. Gordon…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the rule on the COMPETES Act, and I will speak later on the bill itself. But I rise to pay tribute to Muftiah McCartin. Muftiah is a good friend of mine, so I want you to take…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Dependent Coverage Extension Act. This bill will allow Federal employees to benefit immediately from an important provision of the new health care law…

As a cosponsor of the House version of this resolution, I stand in strong support of S. 1067. This measure expresses the frustration of many members of Congress who feel that efforts to disarm the Lord's Resistance Army and to bring its…

I join millions of Americans to demand that finally Congress get to the business of reforming Wall Street. Let's get a bill to the President and let's let him sign something that benefits Main Street. Eighteen months ago, I joined working…

Mr. President, the Cardin-Grassley amendment extends whistleblower protections to employees of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, NRSROs. NRSROs are the companies-- such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's--which issue…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide whistleblower protections for employees…

Madam President, first, let me thank Senator Dodd for bringing forward a strong bill to regulate Wall Street. The bill provides for strict new regulations to stop Wall Street's reckless gambling. I think one needs to understand the current…

Mr. President, under the unanimous consent agreement, I call up amendment No. 3840. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maryland [Mr. Cardin], for himself and Mr…

I would prefer that perhaps we do it for a longer period of time than 1 year. Two years would be acceptable. However, the problem, of course, is paying for things. As the gentleman knows, when these bills were considered, one of the things…

The committee has not acted, so I can't answer the second question per se on the 1 or 2 years. I will tell the gentleman that it is still my expectation, as Chairman Levin said, that that bill, the jobs bill with the extenders in it, will…

We are still working on the budget. I will hopefully bring that forward when it is ready, obviously when the Budget Committee considers it. As it relates to the Afghan-Pakistan supplemental, the President requested, as you know…

I thank the Republican whip for yielding. On Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday and Thursday, the House will meet at 10…