Mr. President, the vote we will take today will affect millions of Americans. If we do not enact legislation before July 1 of this year, approximately 7.4 million students will see the interest rate on their student loans double. Nearly…

Madam Chairman, in an effort to drive innovation and regional collaboration, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 mandated the creation of a Regional Innovation Program within the Economic Development Administration. This…

Mr. Speaker, unless Congress acts, millions of students will see their student loan interest rates double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1 of this year. This issue is important to students, parents, teachers, and businesses all…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 5, line 17, strike ``grants'' and insert ``grants, including grants authorized under section 27 of the…

I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline). The amendment was agreed to. {time} 1610 The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk…

Mr. Speaker, Democrats are committed to reducing the deficit in a balanced way. In contrast, Republicans will bring up a bill this week that breaks our bipartisan agreement, erasing the hard work on both sides to reach compromise. This was…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to language included in the FY13 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that strips the Justice Department's authority to implement accessibility standards for swimming pools under the Americans…

Voting to confirm an individual to the Federal bench is one of the most important and lasting decisions that a Senator can make.

A bill introduced by Senator Whitehouse and cosponsored by Senators Coons, Graham, McCain, Blumenthal, Klobuchar, Hatch, Kyl, Schumer, and Chairman Leahy enhanced penalties for selling counterfeit goods to our military.

Yes, I think, Mr. Chairman, this is an issue that we should be sort of talking through...

It is frustrating for many of us that this is a crime that is being conducted in plain view.

We obviously had a significant legislative failure recently trying to help protect the intellectual property on which so many American businesses rely.

That is what these proposals are about.

We cannot walk away from ours.

Let me personally commend Senator Menendez for his very, very thoughtful proposal.

the second a foreclosure sign goes up on your block, your home value drops by as much as $10,000.

I thank my colleague, Ms. Edwards, for having this conversation this evening and to say how important it is for me and the residents of my State, the State of Rhode Island. Rhode Island is, of course, the home of the great Senator…

I want to thank the gentlelady for yielding. I want to say that the gentlelady from the District of Columbia is right, Georgetown Law School is very expensive. I too had student loans to go to law school and worked two jobs also as a…