Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for about 7 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Merkley). Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Grassley are printed in today's…

Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to discuss my vote today against ending debate on the Dream Act, a bill that would provide legal status to millions of people in this country who are illegally present. Before I discuss the…

Mr. President, with the close of the 111th Congress, the Senate will lose one of its most popular, articulate, and outspoken Members. I will lose a kindred spirit and a fellow progressive populist, Byron Dorgan, who has spent his entire…

Mr. President, with the close of the 111th Congress, the Senate will lose to retirement Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin--a proud progressive, a fearless reformer, and a genuine maverick in the very best sense of that much-abused term…

Mr. President, today I have submitted a resolution honoring Robert ``Bob'' Feller, who passed away 2 days ago. Bob Feller was a great Iowan, great baseball player, and most importantly, a great patriot. He was born and raised in Van Meter…

Mr. President, I am a strong supporter and proud co- sponsor of the DREAM Act. This narrowly tailored, bipartisan legislation, introduced in the Senate by my colleague, Senator Durbin, and supported by 40 other Senators, would allow young…

Mr. President, on November 3, 1918, an American hero-- Robert William Andrew Feller--was born in Dallas County, IA, near the town of Van Meter. Sadly, this same hero died on December 15, 2010. Van Meter is nestled between the steady and…

Mr. Speaker, and I would ask the gentleman from Missouri if he would mind sticking around here for a seamless transition into this dialogue. And I appreciate being recognized to address you here on the floor of the House. It is always my…

And let's say five kids. That is a good number. Five kids, and they are raised on this farm. Now, two sections of land, paid for, and the 90-year-old patriarch of this family has reached the end of his life and he is watching how his…

The gentleman is completely correct on this. I would add to this point. Let's just say that a entrepreneur has a bright idea, and let's say 10 kids. That is a good start on a family, I tell them. And this bright idea from the entrepreneur…

Well, I thank the gentleman from Texas. Reclaiming my time, I look at the configuration of this proposal that is coming to the floor tomorrow and I am troubled by it. There are some good things in it. To ensure that the current tax…

I thank the gentleman from Texas and the Speaker for his indulgence. ____________________

Mr. President, in Division H of the explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal year 2011 Consolidated Appropriations Act, under the authority of the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…

Reclaiming my time, we have the 87 freshmen Republicans and however many Democrats are coming here who are the cavalry coming over the hill, and we ask them to bring the freshness of their convictions here and weigh in. I believe they need…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri for bringing his insight here to the floor of the House so many nights in a row when others might decide to call it a day. There are Americans that are lying awake that are worrying and concerned about…

And if I would say that if he was sitting in Germany in 1893 planning his trip here in 1894, thinking he was faced with tax policy that would confiscate his life's earnings and pass it back to the government and distribute it to the people…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at midnight), the House adjourned until today, Thursday, December 16, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

Well, in the succeeding generations, the dream was passed on even though the equity was not, because they didn't build the equity but the dream was there. The obligation and the duty and the appreciation for America embracing my ancestors…