This bill today would eliminate those programs.

Is it an important piece of our governmental architecture as well as opposed to our dispute resolution system?

Mr. President, I rise today to speak in support of the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011, and I would note the presence on the floor of one of its principal sponsors, Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, whom I have been very…

Rhode Island has done a very good job of addressing the point source for nutrient, the point sources for nutrient, that have contaminated Narragansett Bay and Mount Hope Bay for a long time.

I am wondering what you feel the authorities are that you have right now with respect to green infrastructure and whether you consider that to be a promising means of trying to protect our waterways from the nutrient pollution that we are…

I would love to have you say a few words on how the framework for State nutrient reduction process that we have been talking about can utilize a watershed approach in those instances where you have multi-State participation in the…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I rise today, even though feeling a little bit under the weather with an obvious cold, to show my support for these free trade agreements, because we have worked hard from day one in this Congress to be a…

Mr. President, the job market these days is tough. I have heard from countless Rhode Islanders who have worked all their life, but who have lost their jobs and are now struggling to make ends meet. Sadly, many of these jobs have been lost…

Madam President, this February I joined with colleagues from both sides of the aisle to offer an amendment to the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Act to secure aircraft cockpits by making it a Federal criminal offense to…

Mr. President, I introduce with my colleague Senator Johanns, the Healthy Housing Council Act. I thank Senators Boxer, Merkley, and Franken for joining us as original cosponsors of this bill. Many factors impact health and wellness…

Mr. President, I am pleased to be joined today by Senator Hutchison in the introduction of the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2011. The population of survivors of childhood…

Mr. Speaker, this week the House passed legislation to reauthorize the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education program. While a celebration should be in order, I am disappointed the bill was considered on suspension, preventing…

If we leave the region, it's my view, not unlike what happened before, we'll be back.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the end of a shameful and discriminatory policy, the policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and to honor our brave military men and women who have served under it for almost two decades. As Thomas Jefferson…

As we come down we're going to put a lot of increased burden upon first the ANSF.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act. This bill includes a provision from the Foster Youth Financial Security Act that I introduced with…

All of us in the room, and in fact the Nation, owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the men and women who serve with you in SOCOM.

I am increasingly aware of and to a degree concerned that the lines between those two authorities are becoming blurred as they relate to our military SOF capabilities.