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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now stand in recess for the weekly caucus meetings, as provided under the previous order. There being no objection, at 12:21 p.m., the Senate recessed until 4 p.m. and reassembled when…
Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the amendment offered by the senator from Oklahoma that would prohibit congressionally designated spending items from being included in any authorization, appropriations, or other bill for 3 years. I…
Mr. President, I wish to first acknowledge the Senator from Maryland and to say I appreciate her work in reforming the system of congressionally initiated projects. I also wished to mention, before I get to my main topic today, which is…
I think that would be helpful with a number of companies and others.
I do not think that at all. And certainly, the examples of the cases you mentioned are good examples of good work you are doing.
Mr. President, I rise to underscore the need to invest in homegrown energy and to reduce our dependence on foreign energy. Our Nation's ability to produce a reliable low-cost domestic source of energy is both an economic issue and a…
Mr. President, I am here today to highlight the urgency of passing the legislation to overhaul our Nation's food safety system. The last time the FDA's law related to food was changed in any substantial way was 1938. Think of how things…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. Speaker, the same challenges that faced this Nation on November 1 still faced us when we woke up on November 3. We still have too many Americans without jobs, and we still have work to do to grow our economy and put our country back on…
I think it's very important. Obviously, there are some things--why some of these procedures were implemented--some things that we're not going to be able to talk about in public, for security reasons.
my primary focus is to make sure the consumer is protected.
This is the year we take our country back.
What we're trying to do here--and I would appreciate it if the other members would stay instead of making a comment, quoting a paid lobbyist, and then--with great umbrage, and then leaving.
I don't want Pell grants being used in a way that is just going to waste.
Mr. President, we have big problems in the debt collection industry that are long overdue in being addressed. Before I even begin, I wish to preface my remarks by saying when someone takes out a loan, they ought to pay it back. I have no…
When the invisible hand is operating it isn't an invisible hand with a card up its sleeve?
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Franken pertaining to the introduction of S. 3888 are printed in today's…