Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the time for morning business for debate only be extended until 6 p.m. with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I have also called on President Obama to release some of the oil stored in our Nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. History has shown that releasing some of this oil into the market can have a short-term impact on prices. When President…

Mr. President, let me express my great appreciation to Senator Durbin of Illinois for his many years of leadership on this issue. I am very proud to be a cosponsor of his legislation, and I look forward to passing this bill. I am reminded…

It seems to me, Secretary Reich, you mentioned the failure of the United States to maintain the traditional, progressive tax structure.

Madam President, I am here to call for the end of the $4 billion in giveaways that taxpayers are providing to big oil companies every year. At a time of skyrocketing gas prices and of record oil company profits and of difficult decisions…

The point you are making, and I agree with it entirely, is that if you look at all of the taxes, who pays, where the wealth is, our system is not only regressive but it is getting more and more regressive.

The information that we have from the Internal Revenue Service is that the top 400 tax income earners in the country from the last time the IRS did this calculation, they earned, on average, a little over a third of a billion dollars each…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Landry).

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to my good friend from California (Mr. Denham).

Mr. Speaker, can I respectfully ask how much time remains on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 13 minutes. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 12\1/2\ minutes.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson).

Mr. Speaker, I submit for the Record an editorial from the Wall Street Journal by former Democratic Member Harold Ford. [From the Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2011] Washington vs. Energy Security (By Harold Ford, Jr.) Even former President…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the Rules Committee, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier). (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

House Resolution 257 provides for a structured rule for consideration of H.R. 1231. The rule makes in order eight amendments, all of which comply with the rules of the House. Of the eight, seven are Democratic amendments. Mr. Speaker…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 257 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 257 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Herrera Beutler).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Southerland). (Mr. SOUTHERLAND asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)