Mr. President, I rise in strong, vehement opposition to the amendment offered by the minority leader, Senator McConnell, to repeal the health care reform law. First, I would say to my good friend from Nevada, yes, we would like to work…

Madam President, I have come to address two amendments that are before us. First, I wish to salute my colleagues Senator Rockefeller and Senator Hutchison and all of those on both sides of the aisle who have brought this FAA bill before…

Madam President, I am the last speaker after this very good debate, which was preceded by months and months of serious discussion. I think every one of us is better for going through this process. We understand the Senate better. We have…

Madam President, first I thank both our leader, Harry Reid, and our minority leader, Mitch McConnell, for their leadership and guidance. They are walking out together, and that is a good metaphor for what has happened today. I thank my…

Madam President, I thank my colleague from Illinois for his as usual right-on-the-money words about the President's speech. I anticipate eagerly the speech of my colleague from Rhode Island who graciously yielded to me. I rise to commend…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all quorum calls during the remainder of the debate on S. Res. 14 be charged equally to each side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise to give some brief remarks about the resolution we are considering today. First and foremost, this resolution condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the horrific attack that took place earlier this month in…

Well, you know, it's great to represent Schenectady, which is dubbed The City that Lights and Hauls the World. It was the birthplace of an energy revolution over a century ago. And to have the President visit just the other day, on Friday…

I again thank the gentleman from California. Look, I am ecstatic about the President's choice of Jeff Immelt, the CEO of GE, to be the chair of the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. We can probably remove a lot of the struggle that…

Absolutely. Thank you, Representative Pallone. The importance I think of hosting an event like that which the President joined is that we can showcase that there are great things happening. I for one am not going to submit to this notion…

We flew up from Washington on Air Force One and then returned with the President because we had our jobs conference in Maryland.

Right, and I think it was through neglect on manufacturing. They focused on the service sector, primarily the financial services. They ignored agriculture, they ignored manufacturing, and now we are paying the price. Even though we lost a…

Thank you, Representative Welch, for bringing to us the kind of focus that we need to have here on this floor. It is a pleasure to join with our colleagues from Virginia and Connecticut and Texas and Vermont, my neighbor to the immediate…

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I am very, very sorry that my Republican friends have chosen to put this repeal bill through. In light of the events in Tucson, we all say we are going to work together. The American people want us…

Thank you, Peter Welch. Mr. Speaker, I just find it so interesting that here we are in the new 112th Congress and in the wealthiest Nation on the planet where nearly 50 million Americans still lack health care insurance, 13.5 percent of…

I thank my friend from Michigan for yielding the time. Madam Speaker, today we consider the first major piece of legislation of the 112th Congress--the first. Does this legislation create one job? Not one single job will be created by this…

Thank you so much. I wish when the dust settles and we have an opportunity to sit together with our Republican friends that we can come up with a reform called ``truth in advertising'' as we label these bills. What was a national bill and…

I am committed to working with my colleagues to create jobs. But here we are, debating repeal of health care reform instead of focusing on job creation. In fact, health care reform was a good start. Since enactment in March of 2010…