Madam Speaker, our distinguished ranking minority member has asked a legitimate question, and that is, where is the 2011 regular Homeland Security bill? He says it's nowhere in sight. He knows very well it's clearly in sight. The 2011…

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar), another of our border members, and the chairman of our authorizing Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism.

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on H.R. 6080. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina…

The American people are worried about the direction of our country, and I absolutely share their concern. The public has witnessed Washington's growing disregard for the Constitution and its limits on government power. Too many of those…

Mr. President, today I wish to honor and recognize Mark Koster. This month, the Senate will bid farewell to one of the unsung heroes of this body. Mark, an associate counsel in the Office of Senate Legislative Counsel, is retiring and…

Madam President, I rise to associate myself with the remarks of the chair of the Agriculture Committee, Senator Lincoln, as well as Senators Grassley and Landrieu, concerning the importance of providing funding to pay the still pending…

It should be pursued in the most aggressive way as Senator Isakson said.

I think ultimately, that's something that we have to stay focused on from a policy standpoint.

Clearly, Mr. Chairman, that's an area I'd love for the Department of Education to look at within the contractual agreements we have with institutions.

it is clear that the problems we identified are likely not limited to the schools we visited.

As troubling as this sounds, I've got to say, I'm more concerned with the graduation rates in this country than I am with whether it happened in for-profit or not-for-profit.

I have to ask myself where does the Federal obligation to aid with graduation stop?

The key transaction that Congress should be concerned about is the use of Federal taxpayer funds to support the profit motive in for-profit colleges.

In my opinion when Federal dollars are involved, there needs to be oversight on how this money is spent and by whom.

Mr. President, I am here today to speak in support of Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Solicitor General Kagan's background demonstrates that she is an…

We need to revise our procedures on how people leave the benefit.

In most situations, competition works better than sole-source contracting.

the growth in the costs of the All-Volunteer Force cannot be sustained for the long-term.