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The small wonder. Thirty of those guys who were there that day--I would like to say they were drinking hot chocolate. I am not sure what they were drinking at the Golden Fleece Tavern, but the outcome was a good one. For one whole week…
The Constitution that was ratified that day--the thing about it is that it is the most enduring Constitution of any nation on Earth, the most copied or emulated Constitution of any nation on Earth as well, and a living document that…
If you look at the back of the Delaware coin, you might say why is Paul Revere on the back of that coin? Well, that is not Paul Revere, that is Caesar Rodney riding the horse from Dover to Philadelphia. For people who are familiar with…
Maybe we can do something about that with the Senator's help and that of Congressman Carney, and our colleagues in the Senate and the House--and maybe including the Presiding Officer from North Carolina. In closing, believe it or not, the…
Madam President, we call this the Delaware way. As my colleague from Delaware knows, whenever I run into people who have been married a long time--50, 60, 70 years--I ask them what is the secret to being married so many years. They give…
Madam President, today is Delaware Day. Something very important for our State and our Nation occurred on December 7, 1787. Senator Coons is here. I ask him to take a moment and share with our colleagues what that was all about. What…
I thank the Senator for entering into this colloquy about Delaware Day. As some folks may know, if you look at the Delaware flag, as the Senator mentioned, there is the date, December 7, 1787. That is the day 30 Delawareans, elected…
One of the things I have always been struck by is that it was 11 years before that that Delaware actually, on Separation Day, on June 15 of 1776, acted both to declare its independence from Pennsylvania and its independence from the King…
That made it possible for our delegation to be represented in Philadelphia and for us to commit to the Declaration by breaking a tie between the other representatives of Delaware in the Continental Congress.
Mr. President, earlier this week, the Senate adopted an amendment to the bill we now consider that would, among other things, give the Chief of the National Guard Bureau a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I was a strong supporter of this…
Mr. President, another amendment that I filed to S. 1867, the Senate's Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization bill, would have advanced new clean energy opportunities and enjoyed bipartisan support. The amendment's cosponsors…
Mr. President, the Senate is not in order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order. Please take your conversations from the well. The Senator from Rhode Island is once again recognized.
That is right. I have gotten immediate response from Twitter, e-mail, et cetera, in my office account. I got a tweet from Jason, who wrote: Kudos . . . for introducing jobs-creating legislation. Good to see detailed plans rather than…
I thank the Senator. Senator Rubio and I have come to floor today to talk about our shared experiences. In my home State of Delaware, over the 1 year I have been a Senator--and over the years before that, I served in county government--I…
We together yesterday announced the introduction of the AGREE Act, the American Growth Recovery Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Act, which conveniently spells out ``agree.'' The core principle, as Senator Rubio described, was for a real…
Madam President, I rise today, on the eve of Veterans Day, to speak on behalf of those who have fought for our country only to return home to find that their fight must continue, this time their fight for a job, for employment. I rise…
Mr. President, I am compelled to rise in opposition to this resolution which would block the EPA's ``good neighbor'' clean air rule from being implemented. Before I talk about the real-world impacts that would result if we block this new…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. nomination of richard andrews