Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The junior Senator from…

Madam President, this is a historic week in the Senate. She has spelled out what we face. I guess most people around America are looking at Washington and Capitol Hill and asking if there are any grownups left; can't adults sit down there…

Mr. President, this past Sunday a New York Times editorial entitled ``In the Wake of Fukushima'' noted: If nuclear power is to have a future in this country, Americans have to have confidence that regulators and the industry are learning…

I stand in support of Mr. Murphy's amendment, and this amendment replaces misleading findings about the Keystone XL pipeline's critical faster implementation. The only problem that I see was the majority's argument in that Canada has…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ``Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. ``We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, lines 10 through 13, strike paragraph (15) (and redesignate the subsequent paragraphs accordingly). The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, line 14, strike ``30 days'' and insert ``120 days''. Page 7, lines 18 and 19, strike ``November 1…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Nebraska has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

This is simply an argument over whether or not this House will allow demonstrably false information in this bill to move forward even though we have documentation from the very agency in question stating that the information is false. This…

Today's debate on fast-tracking the Keystone XL pipeline by 2 months reminds me of a saying that adequately sums up the fight before this Congress: Good sense minus common sense equals nonsense. With the current crisis our Nation faces on…

I really want my friend from Illinois to know that I don't have to travel to Joliet, Illinois, or any other part of Illinois; I don't even have to come down to his district in Peoria to see unemployment, to see the joblessness. I am not…

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. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Hanabusa The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. {time} 1540 Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Eshoo The CHAIR. It is now…

I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Madam Chair, during both the subcommittee and full committee markups, I offered my amendment to delete a finding that I thought was particularly misleading. Finding No. 15 states: ``Analysis…

I thank the gentleman from Nebraska for generously yielding. Mr. Chairman, I'm also from Illinois. And I can tell you, in Illinois there is a very tough economic environment right now. We've got a tough budget. There is a lot of talk about…

On rollcall No. 637, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________

While our Nation stumbles toward a potential default, the Republican Party is wasting our time with consideration of a bill that will not move through the Senate and which the President has already threatened to veto. But even though this…

I want to thank the gentleman from Louisiana for yielding. I rise in support of the Richmond amendment and in opposition to H.R. 2584, the Interior and Environment appropriations, and I do so because we cannot afford to make such drastic…