Mr. President, I find myself agreeing with the Senator from South Carolina. I find myself agreeing--I am glad my colleague Senator Wyden also agrees. I raise this point, and I raise it for a point of discussion and consideration, not to…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Oregon for keeping up the fight. We have been at it for a long period of time. There has been a dry spell recently when this has not been a major issue. So we didn't feel, when there wasn't an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3421 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3420 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

We are on course right now, if we do not do something about it, to double our Nation's debt again by the end of this decade.

I think these are eight pretty good ideas for reducing budget deficits, and obviously you are going to inherit a big one.

Madam President, I am pleased to join my colleagues, Senator Casey and Senator Kohl, in submitting a resolution to designate May 24, 2010 as the ``Prescription Drug Disposal Awareness Day.'' The abuse of prescription narcotics such as pain…

By the time most children from low-income families reach kindergarten, their achievement levels are an average of 60 percent behind those of their peers from more affluent backgrounds.

ESEA reauthorization offers an important opportunity to help States and school districts ensure that more young children are prepared to succeed in school.

A solid initial investment in young children will save us billions in future spending on remedial education, criminal justice, health, and welfare programs.

I have just become a very convinced and avid believer that this is an issue that we can take on, that we should take on.

Mr. President, I hope we have a chance now, during the final hours of debate, to take into consideration some of the reasons we got from where we have been over the last 3 or 4 years with the bubble, and that bubble bursting a couple of…

The current financial reform bill will not end the cycle of financial booms and busts. This cycle is not the result of green, or capitalism, or animal spirits, or irrational exuberance. Ultimately, it is caused by our failure to recognize…

In 1949, Congress enacted the Federal Housing Act, which provided Federal funding for slum clearance, urban renewal, and public housing. The act also expanded the FHA mortgage insurance program. To understand the origins of our current…

Reclaiming my time, and I thank the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Fleming). A number of things come to mind as I listened to the dialog here. One of them was lurking in the back of my mind that I had to go back and find. It was a statement…

Reclaiming my time, I'd just make this point, and that would be that when we have people that are being subsidized, their families are being subsidized because they can't make enough wages to sustain their household, and, for example…

Reclaiming my time from the gentleman from Texas, actually I was looking to see if I could come up with within the text of President Calderon's speech, it seems to me that I heard him say, and it wasn't clear enough in my memory, that our…

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana as I reclaim. I certainly agree. And I would add to this that it is one of my very solidly held beliefs, and if you look across history and the forces of culture and civilization, that the single most…