Clearly, the process was abused. You don't use a hotline to bait and switch the country into a military conflict.

We need to show Chavez that we are serious and that there will be penalties to pay for assisting and accommodating the terrorist Iranian regime of Mohammed Ahmadinejad.

There is a concerted effort to say we are okay with the terrorism as long as we keep the price of gas low down here.

I think the administration is making a very concerted effort. We can give them half, three-quarters of their revenue to Hugo Chavez.

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. My amendment would ensure that we have the proper data to identify and work with sectors of the U.S. economy that are participating in the patent process at significantly lower rates…

I certainly again want to commend efforts from Director Kappos and the Patent and Trade Office that, despite their not having to do it, they do reach out to women and minority communities to try to get them to utilize the Patent Office. I…

Madam Chair, 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 139, insert the following after line 12 and redesignate succeeding sections (and conform…

I can tell you that one of the most heartbreaking experiences that I have had as a Member of Congress is to watch this Congress attempt to balance the deficit and the budget on the backs of infants, on the backs of children who need their…

Thank you, Senator Shaheen. It's a pleasure to be here today, and I thank you for chairing this hearing on a number of water and power measures.

I want to also thank Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Mike Lee for introducing this important legislation.

Thank you. I've got a couple of technical lingering questions just related to the funding mechanism contemplated in S. 1224.

It doesn't seem to me to be a very good idea, if we want something to happen, to say 'may' rather than 'shall.'

It makes a difference in much the same way that if my wife said, 'Mike, take out the trash, you shall take out the trash and do the dishes,' that means something different than 'Mike, you may take out the trash and do the dishes.'

Nothing further. Thank you.

If you're committed to having it happen, I assume that it wouldn't be a problem to use the 'shall' language.

I want to also thank Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Mike Lee for introducing this important legislation.

Mr. President, when Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he produced an argumentative masterpiece. He announced to a candid world that all people--regardless of their circumstances-- are created free and equal in their…

Mr. President, today I am proud to stand with my friend from Florida, Senator Rubio, as he introduces an important piece of legislation, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. This bill, which today is being introduced in the…