I appreciate the need to make cuts and sacrifices, but I am concerned that Milwaukee and other mid-size cities will be cut out entirely.

Madam Secretary, the Urban Area Security Initiative programs build local, regional, and statewide capabilities to respond to threats of terrorism and other manmade or natural disasters.

These visa processing delays have a real potential to harm the American economy and cost us jobs.

We very much appreciate the funding for the Title VII Geriatrics Health Professions programs that President Obama included in his fiscal year 2012 budget.

The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a historic moment for healthcare in this country.

Mr. President, I rise today in support of S. 23, the America Invents Act. This bipartisan bill is the product of a great deal of hard work and negotiation, and I congratulate Senators Leahy, Hatch and Grassley on their accomplishment. This…

We cannot fight terror in this century with the tools of the last century.

What this court decision means for the timber industry is really very, very troubling for us.

Madam Secretary, I would like to kind of go back to the earlier questions I was asking about what I consider just really understated cost estimates for the healthcare act.

I think we have grossly underestimated the number of employees that will lose their employer coverage plan under this healthcare act.

I want to center on the Affordable Care Act or law I guess.

If I am right, if my fears come true, we could be looking at tens of millions of people put in the exchanges at the tune of $5,000 to $7,000 in subsidies.

This is a very complex bill, 2,700 pages.

There is great potential for energy development of oil and natural gas on our Federal lands.

It's important for me, and I think, the public, to know that you're spending each year on the timber program.

The trust for the USFS is, perhaps, in short supply with some of the colleagues--certainly some of my constituents.

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act, as I believe it serves as a critical step in the ongoing process of preventing last year's health care law from destroying American jobs. We…

Mr. President, I rise today with Senators Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, and Casey to introduce the End Abuse in Later Life Act of 2011. This legislation improves the provisions in the existing Violence Against Women Act dealing with abuse in…