Madam President, I rise to join my colleague, Senator Whitehouse, in strongly supporting the nomination of Jack McConnell to be a United States district court judge for the District of Rhode Island. Indeed, as my colleague indicated, there…

Madam President, reserving my right to object, I would suggest, according to the request of the Senator from Texas, that the Senator from New York be recognized for 5 minutes, the Senator from Texas be recognized for 5 minutes, that I be…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the plentiful natural gas reserves that we have in the United States. Many of my colleagues may not be aware of two studies which recently highlighted the abundance of this clean-burning…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to join together to immediately address one of the greatest problems facing our families and small business right now; that is, rapidly rising gas prices. As I traveled across Rhode Island…

I appreciate the opportunity to present this testimony in support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in the fiscal year 2012 Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations bill.

The proposed $900 million is the congressionally authorized amount for the program and seeks to renew focus on the promise of the LWCF.

I urge the Congress to provide the full President's budget amount for the LWCF so that this important project can receive this needed funding.

I introduced legislation last year to expand work sharing, which just over 20 States have adopted or implemented.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today as we, as a Nation, commemorate this historic day that Osama bin Laden was brought to justice or, more appropriately, justice was brought to him. I want to take this occasion to congratulate President Obama and…

Mr. President, I wish to alert my colleagues to an important set of cases that will be heard by the Supreme Court this fall. The cases--consolidated under the caption Maxwell-Jolly v. Independent Living Center--concern the ability of…

I think we're all fortunate to have your leadership on this important committee.

We're losing our competitive edge, in terms of not just military technology, but so many technologies.

This could be the most important topic we consider long-term.

We will protect our promises to our seniors.

Under the Republican budget, seniors would lose the new benefits provided by the healthcare reform law.

My goal in buying health insurance for my employees is never to pay for an MRI twice in one day.

I commend you for your leadership as a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Let me be very clear. Social Security has paid out every dime owed to all eligible Americans without contributing a thing to the Federal deficit or debt.