We are prolonging the agony by continuing to forbid the residential home owner... to simply go to bankruptcy court.

Isn't it advisable to try to move through that uncertainty as quickly as possible?

I have to say that my single greatest reservation about it is that I worry that it will be populated with a lot of people who are fiscal, economic brilliant people but who don't really have the specialized sense of how delivery system…

You can go after Medicare with fiscal knives anytime you like.

I really applaud what the President has done with the infrastructure fund.

I think your points about having a proper capital budget are essentially right. We should do that.

Our budget does not really reflect in any way that I can find the infrastructure deficit that we have.

The theory is true, but the politics around it make it hard to adhere to the discipline.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The National Debt

Mr. President, as we continue to debate our Nation's debt limit on the Senate floor, I rise today to review how we came to this point of serious budgetary imbalance and, in particular, how $9 trillion of it is Bush-Republican debt. At a…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to join my colleagues and extend my deepest sympathies to the people of Haiti, and to their worried and grieving loved ones around the world, after the tragic earthquake that devastated so much of the nation…

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of today's bill to accelerate the tax benefits for charitable contributions made in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The people of Haiti have endured an unimaginable disaster…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the bravery and sacrifice of the seven CIA officers and contractors who gave their lives in the line of duty during the December 30 bombing of a CIA base in…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Voting to confirm an individual to the Federal bench is one of the most important and lasting decisions that a Senator can make.

Thank you for your statement. I know how busy you are as our Majority Whip and Assistant Majority Leader.

I am not confident that the military tribunal is, by definition, the better way to go.

Judges must respect the role of Congress as representatives of the American people; decide cases based on the law and the facts.