Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on HHS, Congressman Rehberg, for yielding. I want to declare my support for this amendment, and I think he is happy if I refer to it as the Rehberg amendment. I also…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Louisiana for addressing the House and for yielding to me, and all of those who have spoken on this issue. I recall back here on this floor in the early part of the session in 2007 when the Mexico…

Mr. President, this has nothing to do with OSHA and the cockpit at all. Frankly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the people who work in the airline industry, people who handle the airplanes, flight attendants, have one of the highest…

Mr. President, in accordance with Rule XXVI.2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the rules of procedure for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, as unanimously…

Mr. President, today, I reintroduce the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, a bipartisan bill which will allow judges at all federal court levels to open their courtrooms to television cameras and radio broadcasts. Openness in our courts…

I also want to echo what Senator Baucus said of the job you are doing.

I just hope you can make it clear to them because you are from the same part of the country I am, and they just do not seem to get it.

the last thing I would say is kind of a, I hope you get plenty of opportunity to present to the EPA a lot of things that they are doing that is detrimental to agriculture, harmful to agriculture.

As Ranking Member, I am going to work to ensure that our producers have the tools and the necessary protection to meet this challenge.

I think trade agreements, both bilateral and multilateral, are extremely important, as well as breaking down barriers.

I encouraged the Administrator to take some time to visit and actually get on the farm and see what is going on in various operations.

What we are trying to do is say rather than constantly litigating, maybe we can have a conversation and figure out ways in which we can at least find where the common ground exists.

I look forward to making a strong effort in the Korea Free Trade Agreement which I hope will be before this body very soon.

I think it behooves us to really look at a solution as quickly as possible so that we have the best chance of stabilizing and broadening the price band.

We have developed a different approach on biotechnology from an international perspective.

My hope is that the Korean free trade agreement is submitted as soon as possible.

A major emphasis has got to be on reducing the barriers that exist to many of our products, specifically beef in China, Japan, Taiwan.

Two things that concern me most are access to credit and capital in rural America and whether or not we are actually going to have a generation of farmers to replace those who are now averaging 57 years of age.