Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Gillian Leibach and Lauren Scott of my staff be granted the privilege of the floor during the duration of today's proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama. DREAM ACT

Mr. President, the American people are united in their desire to provide generously for the new generation of veterans, including those who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We want these veterans to have every opportunity…

Mr. President, our first responders are genuine heroes. On a routine basis, they walk into burning buildings, confront criminals, and put their lives on the line to protect our families and communities. These dedicated workers are on the…

Mr. President, I yield myself the remainder of the time. I see no Republicans on the floor now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 11 o'clock and 41 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the privilege to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives and the opportunity to express some things that are on my mind, perhaps while others are sleeping and perhaps while others are having…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I rise in opposition to this bill, to this bill that has a nice name. But it is really not a dream; it is a nightmare. It is a nightmare to the rule of law. As the gentlewoman…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I rise in opposition to this rule and the bill, H.R. 5281. I agree with some of the presenters before me. It is not a DREAM Act. It's a nightmare act. It's one of those pieces of…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, when my grandmother came over here and landed at Ellis Island, 2 percent were sent back. We had a merit system, and you had to meet those standards. I believe in an immigration…

Yes, because you New Yorkers think you can make us Midwesterners look bad, but I am glad to yield.

Mr. President, I yield my time to myself, 15 minutes out of what we control. First of all, I remember before the President was sworn in he announced that--even though he ran on a platform of increasing taxes on higher income people--you do…

Madam President, there are a lot of issues that have been brought up in the last hour that need to be responded to. I probably will not get to all of them, but I would like to start with a recent one that was just stated. It is not a case…

Yes; I thought I made that point very clear. Because the taxpayers are smarter than we in Congress are. They know if they give another $1 to us to spend, it is a license to spend $1.15. So it just increases the national debt. When it comes…

Madam President, I would like to know how much time I have. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seven minutes forty seconds.

Mr. President, earlier today, I was listening to the Senator from Illinois, Mr. Durbin, and he talked about coming over to the Senate floor from a meeting over in the Dirksen Building, which he said is about a block away, but he said it…

So we have a high unemployment rate, we keep losing jobs, and Republicans keep saying we have to extend the tax breaks for the wealthy. I hear that in terms of jobs--jobs, jobs, jobs. Well, that is interesting, because in 2007, the top 1…

Mr. President, I listened with great attention to the speech just given by my friend from New York. Senator Schumer is right on target when he is talking about: Whom are we fighting for? What are we in the Senate for? What are we here to…