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Mr. President, I rise today with Senators Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown, Casey, Gillibrand, Mikulski and Bill Nelson to introduce the Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2011. This legislation creates in the Department of Justice an Office of Elder…
On our watch, under the leadership of Chairman Kohl, we really got it right and made a big difference.
The bill will establish a first-ever Office of Elder Justice within the Justice Department that will protect America's seniors.
The physical, mental, and the financial abuse of our Nation's seniors is all too common.
Today, along with my colleagues, Senators Blumenthal, Casey, Gillibrand, and Nelson, we will be introducing the Elder Abuse Victims Act.
While no legislation can end all exploitation, we must do everything in our power to help those victims that come forward asking for help.
I have a bill, Mr. Chairman, called NOPEC that would, for the first time, make the actions of OPEC subject to U.S. antitrust law.
Senator Kohl, thank you and your staff for all you have done to promote this airport and community.
We are talking about somewhere close to 400. Is that right? Is that going to be diminished in any way? Or is that going to be enhanced?
What is going to happen to that relationship that you now have at AirTran with SkyWest which enables you to service Des Moines, Omaha, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Akron, and Pittsburgh?
Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment and in opposition to the underlying bill. I fail to see how Republican efforts to eliminate all funds for health reform will create jobs or help our fragile economy recover. Instead…
Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act, NOPEC. This legislation will authorize our government, for the first time, to take action against the illegal conduct of the OPEC oil cartel. It is…
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 279, nays 143, not voting 11, as follows: [Roll No. 66] YEAS--279 Ackerman Adams Aderholt Akin…
Mr. Speaker, I will be brief today. I will just make several points but not extensively because this is the fifth debate we've had on this subject in 10 days and I think everything has been said. First of all, I have pledged in the past…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from San Dimas, and I just want to reiterate the point that my friend from Colorado is so, so wrong. We have heard most of these arguments in the three times this bill has been on the floor in the last 9…
On none of these provisions that are up for renewal has there really been any meritorious complaint. There has been this great big fear that civil liberties have been violated, but when you get down to the facts, no court has found that…
I realize it is not an easy problem, but we have been talking about securing our borders for years.