Mr. President, I rise today with Senators Leahy, Reid, Whitehouse and others to introduce the COPS Improvement Act of 2011. This legislation would reauthorize and make improvements to one of the Department of Justice's most successful…

Of course there is, because taxes affect the rate of return on an investment.

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation essential to restoring competition to the nation's crucial freight railroad sector. Freight railroads are essential to shipping a myriad of vital goods, everything from coal used to…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to introduce the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act. This bipartisan legislation will dramatically reduce prescription drug costs by preventing one of the most egregious, anti-consumer tactics ever…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce three bills that I believe will be important for our small businesses, especially our smaller manufacturers. In each of these bills, there is an emphasis on keeping our research and development and…

I think conflating those is part of what led to things. So address affordable housing separately.

I am not in favor of tax increases as--following my colleague here, John Taylor.

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation essential to consumers receiving the best prices on every product from electronics to clothing to groceries. My bill, the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, will restore the…

Mr. President, today I am reintroducing the Fast Track to College Act, a bill to support the expansion of dual enrollment programs and Early College High Schools. Such programs allow young people to earn up to two years of college credit…

The only thing I would add, this goes beyond child exploitation because every type of crime that we worry about is committed through online means now.

If you aren't a good rabbit and don't start eating the carrot, I am afraid that we are all going to be throwing the stick at you.

Every piece of discarded information could be the footprint of a child predator.

It seems to me that one of the problems that exists in this area is that there is not a uniform standard for how long the data has to be retained.

I am a firm believer in carrots and sticks, and I am tossing you a carrot now.

At this point, the Chair asks unanimous consent that a statement by Ernie Allen of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children be inserted in the record.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin families who have already begun to benefit from health care reform. I am mindful of the children, young adults, and seniors who would lose access to affordable…

Mr. Speaker, Americans have wanted health care reform for some time now, but they don't want what passed last spring. This is a 2,000-page bill that gives us more mandates and more regulation. It doesn't accomplish the goal of reducing…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, as each of us have traveled back to our districts over the past several months, we've heard from our constituents--from seniors to families to small businesses--speaking out convincingly. They…