the allocation your office helped us with to continue this work did not pass the house in the omnibus bill

I will also insist on adequate funding for critical initiatives that help Iowans and all Americans to get a good education.

We need to maintain investments that are critical to the future of our American family, even as we reduce spending overall.

On February 4, 2011, the Department sent me a letter also assuring me that allegations of gun walking were untrue.

I regret that in April of 2010 that I did not draw the connection between Wide Receiver and Fast and Furious.

That statement is absolutely false, and you admitted as much last night, that you knew by April 2010 that ATF walked guns in Operation Wide Receiver.

Mr. President, I rise to discuss an alarming trend that seems to be developing on this, the first substantive legislation we are considering in this new Congress. At least three amendments have been filed--one of which has already been…

Yes, I will. Mr. President, I assume the chairman of the committee yields me whatever time I want to consume, and I am reserving some time also for the chairman. Here we go again. It is not the first time we have had an attack on…

Mr. President, I heard my friend from Tennessee--and he is my friend--talk about how this will be cheaper, it would be cheaper to build things. The new Senator from Kentucky referred to that too. Sometimes cheapest is not always the least…

We applaud Chairman Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Enzi (R-WY) for focusing on what can be done to help Americans save more for retirement.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Steven Brenner and Kirsten Abel of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Finally, I just say, for those of us in Iowa, in a small, rural State, with a lot of midsized hospitals, with a lot of people uninsured--and quite frankly, we are not in the upper echelons of income in the United States--for us this health…

Mr. President, if there is one clear message that voters sent in the last election, it is that they want Democrats and Republicans in Congress to cut out the bickering and the partisanship and to focus like a laser beam on boosting the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cardin.) Without objection, it is so ordered.

Over a quarter of workers do not have any meaningful retirement savings at all.

401(k)s often do not provide real retirement security.

Automatic enrollment was a good first step.

There has to be a way to make saving for retirement simpler.