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Mr. President, I rise to speak about a serious public health issue in Rhode Island and to commend the EPA for its actions to address it. Rhode Island has the sixth highest rate of asthma in the country. According to our Department of…
Mr. President, I rise to make remarks on the introduction of the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act. I would like to thank Senators Sherrod Brown and Lisa Murkowski for joining me in this bipartisan effort, as well as the House…
Mr. President, I rise to speak about two bills that I am introducing today to address a serious and persistent threat to the integrity of our government: regulatory capture. Over the last 50 years, Congress has tasked an alphabet soup of…
I don't want to step on your colleagues' time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.
Mr. President, I am honored to follow my distinguished colleague from Maryland in this discussion about our priorities as we address the debt limit we are approaching. I think Leader Reid was wise to choose to cancel the scheduled Fourth…
One of the things I have been tracking is the share of wealth, income, and taxes at various percentages toward the top. The Senator was good enough to mention that the top 1 percent pays about 28 percent of the taxes, the top 5 percent…
I would be delighted to do that. And I might actually throw in the data from the IRS that shows that the top 400 income earners in the country in the most recent period that they have actually gone back and done the calculation paid 18.2…
That is why I think the loopholes need to be closed, and I thank the distinguished Senator for the colloquy. Exhibit 1 [From the National Review Online, July 5, 2011] Politics vs. Reality (By Thomas Sowell) It is hard to understand…
Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to the Afghanistan policy that is funded in the fiscal year 2012 Defense appropriations bill. I join the efforts of my colleagues in a variety of amendments designed to accelerate the end of the war…
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 133, line 6, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $475,000,000)''. Page 161, line…
Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Clarke of…
Mr. President, today I am introducing the Layoff Prevention Act, legislation to strengthen and expand work sharing programs to keep Americans on the job and provide employers with a practical alternative to layoffs that is good for…
Mr. President, today I introduce with my colleagues Senators Cochran, Murray, Rockefeller, and Whitehouse, the Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act bill. Our bipartisan legislation will reauthorize and strengthen the…
Earlier this year, I introduced legislation to strengthen the outdated Federal Information Security Management Act.
I deeply appreciate the time and attention you and this committee have paid to this issue.
the issue of cybersecurity is not a partisan one and I am glad that the chairman agrees with that.
Mr. President, yesterday afternoon I spoke in this Chamber, and I quoted former Comptroller General David Walker saying that we as a country face ``large, known and growing structural deficits that could swamp our ship of state.'' To get…
I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are in morning business. The Senator is recognized.