Mr. President, I wish today to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I would like to take this opportunity not only to talk about the man but also the movement. During a time of segregation, violence, unnecessary bloodshed, and…

I thank my friend for yielding. There are times in life when you get a call and you are shocked, you are saddened, you are stunned. That was such a call for, I am sure, all of us when we learned that Paula Nowakowski had passed away…

I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 999 Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum of the House is present and…

I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1000 Resolved, That unless otherwise ordered, before Monday, May 17, 2010, the hour of daily meeting of…

I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 998 Resolved, That a committee of two Members be appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of…

I want to congratulate you on your very successful trip to Europe.

Would this be retroactive to September 11?

Senator Biden, my colleague, and I are $1.5 billion short every year for our veterans.

I'm pretty hot about this.

I don't want their families to end up in poverty. I don't want their families ending up on food stamps.

the women of the Senate are very concerned about the long-range consequences on these children

I'm outraged at the possibility that my troops, the troops that wear the uniform of the U.S. military, would engage in brutal, savage tactics. I won't put up with it.

Maybe we need tort reform in our own Government so that--maybe that's where we ought to have tort reform.

But you--this is beyond note taking. This is what we're looking at here.

Trust, but verify

I haven't seen a frozen asset. I haven't even seen an ice cube asset.

What I'm concerned about... is about the vulnerable populations.

Will this be limited only to Iraq and Afghanistan?