Madam President, I am pleased to join my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Chris Dodd, and be here on the floor this afternoon to talk about the financial regulatory reform bill that is pending. Before I begin my remarks, I wish to…

Madam President, I think we are witnessing exhibit B to Senator Dorgan's exhibit A about what the problems are in this Chamber. I don't understand what is so objectionable. In the House, 169 Republicans voted in favor of giving the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 442, H.R. 5481, a bill to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 3462, a bill to provide subpoena power to the national commission on the British Petroleum oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico…

Madam President, I am here to speak to the bill that is pending before us. Small businesses are the cornerstone of New Hampshire's economy, just as they are the cornerstone of the economies of so many of our States. Over 96 percent of…

Madam President, today I rise to express my deepest sympathies to the family of Army PFC Barry Daniel Smith, who died on May 7 while stationed at Fort Hood, TX. He enlisted in the Army in October of 2009 and completed basic training and…

I was pleased, Director Bromwich, to hear your announcement about setting up an independent investigative unit...

I wonder if you can tell me how we're dealing with American corporations who we hope and expect to comply with the sanctions resolution.

Mr. President, I rise today to join with my colleagues Senator Mark Udall and Chairman Jeff Bingaman of the Senate Energy Committee to introduce the Department of the Interior Research and Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention and Response…

Madam President, I rise today to ask that my legislation, S. 3462, which would grant subpoena power to the Presidential commission tasked with investigating the BP oilspill, be passed by unanimous consent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

Madam President, I don't understand. We are 58 days into this oilspill. Eleven lives have been lost. We have seen up to 97 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico that is already on the shores of the gulf. We have thousands of…

Mr. President, I am pleased to join my colleagues, Senators Stabenow and Klobuchar, in supporting the nomination of Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. However, before addressing the nomination of Elena Kagan, I…

Madam President, I am pleased to be here to join my colleagues and Senator Boxer--and I thank her for her leadership in this effort--to keep from turning back the clock on our air quality. We desperately need to reform our country's energy…

Mr. President, I am here to speak to this bill we are considering, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act. Too many people in New Hampshire and across this country are still struggling. I wish to talk today about some of the…

I appreciate the efforts that you have taken and that you have talked about this morning to reform the culture of corruption that has existed within MMS.

Thank you for holding this hearing. I think it is very timely and appreciate both of your being here to testify.

Mr. President, I rise in support of an amendment that was filed by Chairman Bingaman, Ranking Member Murkowski and myself that would help create jobs in communities across the country and help us transition to a clean energy economy. When…

Mr. President, 1 year ago this week, Dr. George Tiller, a provider of critical reproductive health services, was shot to death while at church in Wichita, KS. The anniversary of his death serves as a solemn reminder of the violence that…