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For the last 10 months, I have traveled around my district and I've heard from people through the campaign and then now as a Member. I heard from people that we need to repeal this health care bill. The folks back home get it. They…
I am very grateful to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to mourn the tragic loss of six lives and the many who were injured who wanted nothing more than to participate in a simple but precious opportunity to meet directly with…
I thank the leader for yielding. You know, one of the untold stories of the House of Representatives is the connections that Members have with one another that really never show up, except among ourselves. I had a unique connection with…
It is with a heavy heart that I rise this morning to pay tribute to my esteemed colleague from the great state of Arizona, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who with God's grace is still alive and appears to be heading toward a promising…
Amendment Seven: ``In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed $20, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than…
Mr. President, I wish to say a few words about Elizabeth Ridgway, an Illinoisan, educator, and hard-working employee of the Library of Congress who recently passed away. Elizabeth died on December 23, 2010, at the young age of 41. In her…
Mr. President, I rise to speak to the issue which has been considered on the floor today by my colleagues. I thank, especially, the Senators from Utah, Oregon, and Colorado, as well as many others, for their leadership in discussing the…
Mr. President, I am sorry they are not on the floor at this moment, but I rise to give special recognition to two Senate pages who have stayed here while all the others have gone home for Christmas. These two pages have been working hard…
Mr. President, just as the majority leader started to leave the floor, I said to him, what an amazing 2 years. I just left an interview upstairs where a major network asked me: What do you think you have accomplished over the last 2 years…
Madam President, before I make a statement on another issue, I join the majority leader in his comments about the retirement of Lula Johnson Davis from the Senate. Before I came to the Senate, I was a Member of the House of Representatives…
Mr. President, the Executive Calendar of the Senate notes, on page 5, Calendar No. 1002, James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, nominated by the President of the United States to be Deputy Attorney General. That was reported by…
I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) are necessarily…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record…
Mr. President, 100 years ago today, there was a horrible fire in the stockyards of Chicago. Most of us have our vision of that era and the stockyards from Upton Sinclair's book ``The Jungle,'' which told of the life of a Lithuanian…
I have no objection to your bringing it up whenever it is prepared, and we will of course consider it at that time. I thank the Senator for his work on this effort. ____________________
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate move to morning business with Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, if I could. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…
Mr. President, it is my understanding the Senator from Hawaii has to make a quick departure, so I ask he be recognized after this quick request. ____________________
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 4058 introduced earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…