Thank you. Many organizations are on record opposing the TRAIN Act or opposing efforts to block rules to reduce pollution from the country's dirtiest power plants. Numerous public health groups, including the American Lung Association, the…

I claim time in opposition for purposes of debate. The ACTING Chair. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

Thank you. Even if this amendment passes to improve the study of EPA rules, that will not address the underlying problems with this bill. Proponents of this bill imply that it simply requires EPA to study the cumulative impact of EPA…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. The Committee will rise informally. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr…

It's not too late. That's my message to Palestinian Authority President Abbas, who has announced his intention to seek unilateral Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this Friday. It's not too late to abandon this reckless route…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. U.S. Assistance to Pakistan

I want to thank the fine ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Waxman, for his outstanding leadership on this matter and other matters before our committee and before this Congress. Mr. Chairman, I join my friend and colleague, Ranking…

I rise to commend the Senate Appropriations Committee, under the leadership of Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Graham, on a decision we made yesterday as a full committee with regard to U.S. assistance to Pakistan. In short, what the…

We don't have to look any further. Just look at the financial collapse and see what these kinds of unfettered regulations have done to jobs in this country and to jobs for the American people. This approach has put our entire economy on…

I do apologize to my friend from California for coming late and kind of disrupting what was planned to be a closing, but this is an important debate, and my colleague from California and I have crossed sabers many times on these issues. I…

Republican leaders have made the laughable accusation that the President is engaging in class warfare. What President Obama is actually doing is ending class warfare, the relentless war on the middle class. Since 1983, over 80 percent of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The majority's assault on clean air continues and has culminated into what my friend and colleague, Mr. Waxman, has rightly referred to as Dirty Air Week. The effort to further delay EPA from protecting…

We must take action to provide a competitive and focused foundation for those who will continue to make it in America, and we can do so now by defeating the previous question and then passing the National Manufacturing Strategy Act. The…

I want to thank you so much, Mr. Deutch, for organizing tonight's Special Order. Today, President Barack Obama clearly restated the U.S. commitment to negotiated peace and protection of human rights. In his remarks to the General Assembly…

I stand before you today under the dome of our Nation's Capitol to applaud the final repeal of the discriminatory policy known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The men and women who fight for our country as members of our Armed Forces fight for…

Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to my friend and a great Illinois public servant--Harry ``Bus'' Yourell, who passed away September 19, 2011, at the age of 92. Bus grew up on Chicago's South Side and was married to his wife…

It's been more than 9 months since the December 19 brutal and bloody crackdown on the opposition in Belarus. Human rights of ordinary Belarusan citizens continue to be denied. Nine political prisoners still exist. Nikolay Statkevich…

Madam President, following any leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business for 1 hour with the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will…