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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate…
I announce that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from…
Mr. President, let me thank the Senator from North Dakota. He is retiring. We are going to miss him. He has been a powerful voice in the Senate and no more powerful on any issue than on this one, talking about American jobs and how we are…
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I say to my colleague from Missouri, clean energy jobs are the jobs of the future. As we create more clean energy jobs, we will find a way to compete with China and other nations that are…
I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute be considered; a Lieberman amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the committee-reported substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 413, H.R. 553. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 553) to require the…
Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the critical role of structural steel in our Nation's infrastructure and industrial economy. Today, September 24, 2010, is the second annual SteelDay and is being celebrated through events…
Madam President, I am going to yield to the Senator from Iowa in just a moment. I would like to offer to the Senator from Oklahoma a compromise and tell him I have spent much of the time he was speaking reading S. 3832, a one-page bill…
Mr. President, I come to the floor this afternoon, in the presence of Senator Coburn of Oklahoma and Senator Harkin of Iowa, to discuss an issue I have worked on literally for my entire congressional career--food safety. This is an issue…
Mr. President, it is my understanding that Senator Coburn actually sees, as I do, the need for us to coordinate the food safety agencies and is proposing that we ask for a study for that purpose. I wish to join him in that effort. Asking…
Madam President, I must reclaim my time and say to the Senator from Oklahoma, he cannot tell me how badly he feels for these victims and then stop the bill with which we are trying to protect them. The Senator cannot tell me he wants…
I want to thank the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Carson) for yielding time. I also want to commend my good friend Representative Holt from New Jersey and the Senator from my State, Senator Durbin, for the work that they have done in…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is in morning business, and the Senator is recognized. ____________________
Mr. President, when I reflect on the current state of frustration most Americans feel about our political system, I know there are many reasons, not the least of which is the state of our economy. When people are uncertain about their…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3827 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
I would say to the Senator from Nevada exactly that. The Defense Department's fiscal year 2010-2012 strategic plan for the defense of America specifically includes the DREAM Act as a means of meeting the strategic goal of shaping and…
They reach legal status. They have to make application to go beyond it. In this situation, young people, undocumented in the United States, who want to voluntarily serve in our military, cannot do so. They are willing to risk their lives…
Mr. President, for those who have been following this vote, this was an attempt to proceed to the Defense authorization bill. It is one of the most important bills we consider during the course of a year. Senator Levin of Michigan is…