Mr. President, I have come to the floor a number of times to talk about a new business in America that has become a major source of income and a major source of Federal subsidy that most people are not aware of. The business I am talking…

Mr. President, today I am introducing the Fairness in Federal Disaster Declaration Act. I am introducing it on behalf of myself and my colleague, Senator Mark Kirk. What we are trying to achieve is fairness in FEMA's consideration of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to speak for just a minute on the substitute. Speaking of drafting errors, you can only assume that there was a drafting error on the substitute. Look, that happens. If it was a drafting error…

You all know the saying, ``money is power,'' right? I think we all can agree in this Chamber that the one thing that we want to do is empower small business. How do you empower small business? You let them keep more of the money they earn…

Madam President, coming before us soon on the Senate floor will be the Postal Reform Act. This is a matter which is timely because we understand our Postal Service is in a situation where it is currently losing millions of dollars every…

I want to address the pending legislation before I go into a morning business speech--the Postal Reform Act that is before us. It is my understanding that we have an opportunity---- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is currently…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I may speak following the Senator from Tennessee. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Well, I renew my request to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Postal Reform

The number one fear of Chicago elementary schoolchildren is not braces or book reports or the dentist. It is getting shot. More than 500 Chicago students were involved in gun violence in the last 2 years, and 34 were killed by guns last…

Let's talk about who wins and loses in the Ryan Republican budget. If you're a millionaire hedge fund manager, this budget is made for you. You get an average tax cut--cut--of $394,000. If you're a senior citizen woman living on a median…

I thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in this debate where so many of our colleagues have come down to the floor to talk about it. This is the richest country in the world, and yet one out of five of our children is…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I rise in support of her point of order. All this talk of ``deeming and passing,'' those words mean nothing to the American people, but the vote we are about to take means a lot. What Republicans…

I come to the floor again to continue to identify and educate you on the various locations where we store high- level nuclear waste around this country and the various positions that our colleagues in the other Chamber have voted either…

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) would vote ``yea.''

I want to just say before I actually get started, we just saw the space shuttle fly over on the back of a 747, and I salute the end of an amazing era in space exploration, and I look forward to the next day of NASA being able to talk about…

Last week, the North Korean regime sent a clear message of defiance to the world community. Rather than work toward a peaceful agreement, North Korea would prefer its people starve in order to pursue its nuclear ambitions. The failure of…

I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) are necessarily absent.