I think the challenge that we really have is to figure out how to make crop insurance work better

It is no wonder that the Democratic supporters of this bill have made special exceptions for unions, and that any attempts in the House Administration Committee to rectify this discrimination between unions and corporations were defeated…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Let me reiterate to my good friend from Massachusetts what the gentleman from California said. Citizens United did not do anything to repeal the ban against foreign money influencing American…

Mr. President, the National Security Strategy released last month rightly states: [d]ue to increased economic growth and political stability, individual nations are increasingly taking on powerful regional and global roles and changing the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my colleagues in paying tribute to a great man much beloved around the country, including in my home state of Wisconsin: I speak of Ron Gettelfinger. Anyone who has ever needed a friend knows the…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation to reauthorize the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. I want to thank my cosponsors, Senators Snowe and Lieberman for their support of this legislation and for their long-time…

It reflects Senator Brownback's longstanding concern about lack of therapies for rare diseases in the United States.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the Department of Justice. The Judiciary Act of 1789, which was passed by the First Congress and signed into law by…

one size does not fit all here. There are differences between social and economic groups, different levels of education, and especially with women, that we want to do more work with.

Our goal is to find ways to ensure retirees have access to lifetime income options that provide adequate consumer protections at a reasonable cost.

With modest tweaks, we will be able to improve solvency and strengthen benefits for those who rely on Social Security the most.

Of course nothing could be farther from the truth. We do not support a government takeover of private retirement plans.

ACLI thanks Chairman Kohl and Senators Bingaman and Isakson for their bipartisan sponsorship of S. 2832.

Our real goal here is to help people build savings and financial planning that will allow them to make informed decisions, and we are convinced that the American people are perfectly capable of doing this.

Thank you, Chairman Kohl, and my thanks as well to Ranking Member Corker.

I want to thank you, Chairman Kohl, for your response to the RFI.

Mr. President, Guinea is a fragile, resource-rich state in West Africa that has been plagued by political uncertainty since the death of its longtime President, Lansana Conte, in December 2008. Much of this upheaval can be attributed to…

Mr. President, the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was a tragedy for the workers killed and their families. It has also become an economic disaster for the people of the gulf coast and an unparalleled…