Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 28, 2010, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

Let me go to my blazing close. Let me just say that at the end of the day--currently, lobbyists are being paid $120,000 a day by Wall Street to stop this bill. So far, they have Republicans on their side and they have been successful. In…

Madam President, it has been over 2 years since Bear Stearns failed. It has been over 18 months since Wall Street collapsed and the economy teetered on the brink of depression. It has been almost a year since the administration offered a…

If the Chair will notify me when I have reached 7\1/2\ minutes so I may come to a blazing close. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

President Obama stated on February 7, 2010, ``If we can start bending the cost curve on health care, that's the most important thing we can do to deal with the deficits long term.'' Well, we always agreed that he was bending the cost…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 8 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, again today, for the second day in a row, we have failed to break the Republican filibuster on the Wall Street reform bill. The votes are very clear. With one or two Democrats out-- one who is opposed to breaking the…

I announce that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from…

Mr. President, I am pleased today to join the Illinois chapter of the American Association of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, AAIDD, in recognizing the recipients of the Illinois Direct Support Professional Award 2010. These…

Mr. President, for years at big corporations such as Goldman Sachs, Wall Street bankers packaged bad mortgages and sold them to investors. They knew these investment vehicles would inevitably fail so they turned around and bet against…

As the Iranians accelerate their nuclear program, indications are that America may be losing its nerve. In its latest report to Congress, the CIA said that Iran has continued to expand its nuclear weapon infrastructure and that it has…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, not long ago, I was briefed by an official on Iran's provocative action, and he gave a challenge in that briefing. He said, Print out on your computer a red line. Print a big, thick, red…

Mr. President, I commend the Senator from New Mexico for drawing our attention to Earth Day. It has certainly become a national, if not global, observance that calls to mind the relationship we have with this Earth that we live on and our…

I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 21, 2010, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING…

62 years ago, Israel declared its independence and established a nation founded on the principles of justice, freedom, and peace. These founding tenets are not unlike those on which the United States was built, and these mutual beliefs…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 21, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing on April 21, 2010, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate…