Mr. President, I wish to tell my colleagues why I think the bill before us, S. 3816, is not a good approach. This bill is being sold as somehow having the potential to create American jobs, but it would likely have the exact opposite…

It is a shame we can't move this forward. Like I said, it would get over 90 votes. I think we could dispose of a couple amendments fairly rapidly. I don't think it would take much time at all to move this legislation. So I am hopeful that…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing on September 23, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 23, 2010, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

Madam President, I strongly oppose the resolution of disapproval offered by my good friend, the Senator from Georgia. I tried to listen to all my friend said, but let's just keep in mind what this is all about. The resolution we have…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 23, 2010, at 9:45 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee…

Madam President, how much time do we have on our side? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator has 35 minutes.

We have 35 minutes left on our side. I yield 10 minutes or however much he needs, up to 10 minutes to my friend, the Senator from Minnesota. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Minnesota.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 23, 2010, at 2 p.m., to hold an East Asian and Pacific Affairs subcommittee hearing…

Madam President, I do not have any more speakers on our side. I wanted to respond on a couple of issues that have come up here in the remarks in the last several minutes, last hour and a half, I guess, since we have been here. First…

How much time is on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 11 minutes.

Madam President, are we at 12:20 p.m., the time where we have 10 minutes divided? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 3 minutes until that appointed time.

I will take 3 minutes. First of all, in response to my friend from Georgia--and he is my friend; he is a great guy--this person, Ms. Polaski, Under Secretary of Labor, may have written a letter, but as Under Secretary of Labor she does not…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, this formally most deliberative body that has such a long and deep tradition that goes back two…

Reclaiming my time just to pose a question to the gentleman from Texas, if you are suggesting that the people who are in the majority in this Congress know that there will be a punishment that will hurt businesses, and that would be why…

In reclaiming my time here, Mr. Gohmert, I'm just thinking about how this works. The expiration of these Bush tax cuts has been marching towards us for a long time. We know, when we get into the silly season of politics, any decisions that…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. A couple of things I would add to that. I want to go back and cap off the estate tax argument and one of the other ways it applies. You said land rich and cash poor, and that happens all across this…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 23, 2010 at 10:15 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office…