Crowdfunding: GATE is encouraged by the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act sponsored by Congressman McHenry and President Obama's support for crowdfunding initiatives.

His bill is called the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act. What would it do? It would enhance the President's proposals on encouraging so-called crowdfunding.

Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to pay tribute to some great Americans. I want to join my colleague from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert) in recognizing the extraordinary life and work of Senator Charles Percy. He will certainly be missed. Also, I…

Let me first thank Congressman Doyle for yielding me time and certainly thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. Not only has he led on this issue, but he has led on the Energy and Commerce Committee for many years, and I…

Madam President, I rise today to echo the comments of colleagues earlier about the contribution of Lamar Alexander, our friend and colleague, as well as somebody who has had an impact not just on the State of Tennessee but on the United…

I urge my colleagues to read these bills. Look at your school systems. Make a decision that is right for the future of every child in this country and support our reauthorization efforts. I thank the Senator from Tennessee.

Mr. President, am I incorrect that the other side has a speaker coming at 11 o'clock? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair does not have information about that.

I will take whatever time the Chair gives me. I will yield, when I need to, to the other side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Let me add to what my good friend from Missouri talked about. That is about the Federal commitment to disaster. North Carolina happens to be one of those States that is probably the most recent. We welcome the attention of FEMA, but we…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from a State once owned by North Carolina, and a distinguished Member of this August body. What are we doing here today? We are responding to what every CEO has said and every local leader has said and…

Why? Because KIPP officials have the flexibility to design how they educate those children. The goal at the end is the same--to meet a standard of performance, to meet an educational level that is set nationally. To me, it only makes…

The problem with small businesses, they do not have a back room of all the staffers that have the time and are being paid to fill out that form.

And it is really an issue.

Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in imploring Congress to provide needed assistance to our families, our communities, and our businesses suffering from the rash of natural disasters that have hit our country hard this year…

I think eSRS has provided us a tremendous tool because, one, it is more real-time.

One of the problems, especially in rural areas, they have is a very, very slow dial-up, and that is something we obviously are working on.

That would be great. Thank you.

But because those who oppose privacy legislation have touted it as their rationale for opposition, I want to summarize what we know.