Mr. President, I would now like to address a second issue that is causing me very grave concern. I would like to talk for a moment about a piece of legislation I have introduced with Senators Kirk and Lieberman to toughen the sanctions on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Sarah Babcock and Danielle Fidler from Senator Baucus's staff be allowed floor privileges during the consideration of the pending Burma and disaster relief bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of New Mexico). Without objection, it is so ordered. Spirit of Cooperation

Mr. President, there has been a promising new tone in Congress since our return from the summer recess. It has taken some by surprise. But even more striking than the new tone is that it has brought with it a few modest signs of a new…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from California for her poignant, eloquent, and appropriate words. I thank the chair of our Homeland Security Subcommittee which handles FEMA disasters for the great work she has done. Mr. President, I…

Representative Sarbanes, I couldn't agree with you more. I have witnessed what happens when we invest in training, retraining, and apprenticeship programs in pre-K through 12, in graduate school, in undergrad campuses and research centers…

Earlier, Representative Sarbanes talked, Representative Garamendi, about human infrastructure. It begins with sound schools that are not crumbling over the students' heads but also an investment in education. Just recently, during our…

That measurement, I'm assuming, was made before some of the ravages of floods in portions of our country or the tragedies in Texas with the many fires. As the President proposes this infrastructure improvement, there are those who are…

To Representative Sarbanes' point, every year that's wasted, that is allowed to pass by, youngsters in the third, fourth, fifth grade, whatever, will never have the experience they ought to. So we're letting down the workers of tomorrow by…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's an important topic these days when we refer to jobs--jobs in America, jobs that we retain, jobs that we create. The overwhelming issue right now in the minds and hearts of constituents across this country, I…

It's been my pleasure and honor to work with you gentlemen. With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Chairman Larson, we have precious few minutes left. I'll make a few comments and then yield to my gentlemen colleagues as we close this Special Order hour. To me, you've identified it well. This country has had, throughout its history, its…

Well, it's amazing because there are situations--I'll first go to Representative Welch's district in Vermont--where Route 4 has been wiped out. It's just about removed from the map. What was just a couple of miles worth of activity for…

Thank you very much. To Chairman Larson and then Representative Garamendi to close. I yield to Chairman Larson.

Representative Yarmuth, let me add to your reality with my reality, one scenario being a couple of decades old now. In 1987, a bridge collapsed along the New York State Thruway system because of flooding. It came across a creek that you…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the ranking member and chairman for their leadership on this important bill, the Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act. This act includes a clean 6-month extension of our…

I come from a part of this country where my constituents are real down-to-earth people, commonsense people. We want a good education for our kids, we want Medicare and Social Security for our seniors, and we want the Buffalo Bills to…

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that while 14 million Americans are looking for work, there are only 3 million job openings. This means that if every single job was filled outright, there would still be 11 million Americans…