You obviously are in no position to do that.

I have no goal to de-fund from Federal money the good actors.

Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum and ask that the time be divided equally between both sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk…

As Members of Congress, what can we do to encourage a marketplace where the competition among schools is based on the quality of the education, not the quality of marketing?

I think that's why these hearings are important.

I just find that irritating, that they throw up that stuff all the time.

This year I joined Senators Durbin and Whitehouse in introducing the Fairness for Struggling Students Act.

In the health care bill, I wrote a provision called the medical loss ratio.

I certainly do think it's unfair that private student loans are treated like unpaid criminal fines rather than like very similar forms of consumer debt like credit cards.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3940. With great fanfare, this Democratic majority increased the federally mandated minimum wage as one of its first acts. At the time, many of us warned that without adequate…

I do not think anyone can doubt that. And Oliver Wendell Holmes, I believe, said--it was he who said something to the effect of that the law is experience.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Recovery Act

Mr. President, I rise to discuss something I regret. I regret that Democrats have allowed the word ``stimulus'' to become a dirty word, one that we avoid using. The President spoke a few weeks ago about his new plan to invest $50 billion…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 587, S. 3751. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating…

I think that every American and every person intuitively knows that a judge brings his or her experience to the court.

So would it be too bold to say that if we are interested in long-term deficits in this country, that maybe it would be a smart approach to have drug courts all over the country and make sure that we are not incarcerating people in a way…

I think it is important to get this out in the open so that you have an opportunity to address it.