Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Erin Bibo, Dillon Kiel, and Susan Dixon of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's proceedings. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I, Senator Chuck Grassley, intend to object to proceeding to H.R. 5717, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Enhancement Act, for the following reasons. The Smithsonian has had well documented problems keeping up…

Madam President, it seems as though every few weeks or so there are a lot of misleading and misinformed accusations launched at our Nation's renewable fuel producers. It is impossible to come to the Senate floor to respond to all of them…

Madam President, since yesterday, we have witnessed in this Chamber the resumption of a set of tired and worn out taking points that the Democratic side drags out whenever they are forced to finally get around to discussing tax policy…

Have the Republicans lost all sense of what's right and wrong? I mean, they can fight for the -- for their tax breaks for the wealthy and stuff. Fine. That's what they're fighting for. I -- I understand that. But to say that we cannot…

Madam Speaker, it's my privilege to be recognized here on the floor of the House of Representatives in this great deliberative body that we are. And it is a blessing and a gift to the American people that we can have our debates and our…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 39 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, December 2, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

Reclaiming my time and thanking the gentleman from Texas, also my friend, I appreciate the subject matter that you brought here to the floor tonight. I would add to this: not only do we need to continue the tax rates that we have today…

Mr. President, today with the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act by this overwhelming vote of 73 to 25, we have taken momentous steps to help strengthen food safety in America. The Food Safety Modernization Act will bring…

I thank the gentlelady from North Carolina for yielding. I come to the floor troubled, considerably troubled by--and in opposition to the rule--by this Pigford settlement proposal that we've heard about just now. It was brought to my…

Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching the final vote on the Food Safety Modernization Act. For the first time in seven decades, the Congress has addressed this issue. It has taken several years to get to this point. We have had…

I am pleased to yield to the distinguished majority whip and lead sponsor of this legislation.

My colleague is correct. The exemptions for small farms and facilities in S. 510 do not in any way circumscribe FDA's existing authority under current laws. As my distinguished colleague has just stated, this existing authority is…

Mr. President, one of the most difficult issues I have had to face as manager of S. 510 is the balance between small growers and processors and larger producers and food companies. This is always a tough issue in agriculture. Those of us…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that after adoption of the substitute amendment to S. 510 and now, after the third reading, the Senate then proceed to Calendar No. 74, H.R. 2751; that all after the enacting clause be stricken and…

Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and move to lay that motion upon the table. The motion to lay upon the table was agreed to. ____________________

I voted for a bill that put a $100 million cap on this thing.

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