I hope we seize this moment to come together as a Congress and ask, How can we bring renewed civility to consequential debate and create a new environment in which people can differ without demonizing others? People reach different…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise to express my thoughts and offer my prayers and those of my constituents for my friend and colleague, Gabby Giffords, who lies critically wounded; and for her staffer, Gabe…

I think the American people is hungering for leadership. The reason I ran for the Senate is because I believe we are bankrupting this Nation.

I believe this country hungers for leadership, and I certainly would be one willing to step up to the plate.

I guess I agree with my colleagues that we are not seeing real leadership being presented by the President here and it is disappointing.

I will agree. Information is powerful as the free market enterprise system is pretty powerful as well.

since 1982, college tuition has increased 439 percent.

Overall, the U.S. economy has never really generated much more than about 18.8 percent of GDP in terms of revenue.

We want U.S. companies to do business in China. We want them to succeed in the global marketplace.

You know, oftentimes when I listen to these discussions, it is like we have an option not to compete.

But don't you acknowledge the fact that taxpayers simply cannot reorganize their affairs quickly enough when you increase tax rates?

Madam President, I am deeply disappointed that the Senate has failed to vote on Louis Butler's nomination to the district court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The partisan bickering that has prevented a debate and vote on several…

Mr. President, the repeal of the discriminatory don't ask, don't tell law will mean a stronger and more secure America. Discrimination has no place in American society, especially when it undermines our national security by hampering…

Madam President, I rise today to support ratification of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START. This treaty continues the bipartisan arms control framework first proposed by President Ronald Reagan and implemented by…

Mr. President, the basic outline of legislative changes to the Controlled Substances Act that we expect to receive from the Department of Justice are as follows: The legislation will deem certain nurses or other licensed health care…

Madam President, I rise to announce that I have lifted the hold I placed earlier this month on Michele Leonhart's nomination to be Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA. I had placed the hold reluctantly after numerous…

Mr. President, I rise today to praise the passage of S. 118, the section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act. Earlier this Congress, Senator Schumer and I introduced S. 118 to modernize and improve section 202 housing for seniors…

Mr. President, as I leave the Senate I want to take a moment to express my profound thanks to those who have served on my Federal staff over the last 18 years. I feel so fortunate to have had the honor of serving in this body, and the…