It is projected that by 2014, right around the corner, 75 percent of new jobs will require some post-secondary education.

We must do better.

a world class education for our students is directly linked to a world class economy for our Nation.

President Obama has set an ambitious goal for Americans to reclaim the world's highest rate of college attainment by 2020.

standing still in education means losing ground in the 21st century economy.

Mr. President, I want to resolve a dispute that arose on the floor earlier this morning. There were differing opinions on whether the Senate-passed health care reform bill cuts taxes or raises taxes. During the month-long floor debate on…

I ask unanimous consent--and I think this has been cleared with the other side--that the pending amendment be set aside for the purpose of my offering an amendment and giving short debate on my amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

Mr. President, do I have some time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa has 26 seconds remaining.

Mr. President, a couple of days ago I stated that I had worked in early February to put together a bipartisan package with my colleague, Finance Committee Chairman Baucus, to address some time- sensitive matters that needed to be…

Mr. President, first, I ask unanimous consent to add Senators Bond and Bennett as cosponsors. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of Tuesday, March 2, 2010, under ``Text of…

Mr. President, my amendment extends critically needed Medicare provisions for all of 2010, not just part of it. It replaces the provisions that are not fully offset with fully offset provisions, and it adds an additional 3 months for the…

Mr. President, in October of 2008, the Social Security Administration, SSA, announced that beneficiaries would receive a 5.8- percent COLA in 2009, the biggest increase since 1982. This increase was primarily due to record high energy…

Good. I am glad I have 26 seconds. His amendment takes $8 billion away from the Medicare improvement fund, mine takes $10 billion away. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

Mr. President, are we now on the pending legislation? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes, we are. Amendment No. 3352 to Amendment No. 3336

I think it's extremely difficult to move forward with only protecting the higher income and the downtown areas, while increasing--actually increasing--the flood risk to those with lower incomes, modest incomes, on the other side of the…

The harsh and sad reality is that, for the first time in our Nation's history, we're in danger of raising a generation of children who will live sicker and die younger than the generation before them.

I am so glad that you called this hearing today to examine the daunting problem of childhood obesity.