My colleagues on the other side of the aisle have said over and over again that cutting taxes for millionaires and billionaires will create jobs. It simply has not. Albert Einstein once described insanity as doing the same thing over and…

Madam President, I rise to speak on a bill that the Chair has spearheaded the charge for--and done it with such hard work and determination and commitment and vigor--and that is the bill to provide health care for our 9/11 heroes, those…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New York. 9/11 Health And Compensation Act

Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of the 9/ 11 Health and Compensation Act. Yesterday we observed Pearl Harbor Day, marking the 69th anniversary of that tragic attack on American soil. Nine years ago our Nation was attacked…

We call it a dream, but it's a reality. It's young people who are here, who want to continue to be part of the American Dream. It's people, as Mr. Engel said, who know no other country. This is the country they know. This is the country…

Thank God that the Native Americans didn't have these immigration laws when they were discovered, you know, by other people. But having said that and forgetting the idea of compassion, I'm reminded that in 1950, when the outfit was…

I rise in strong support of the DREAM Act and urge all of my colleagues to vote for this important bill. I rise today in support of the American DREAM Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide a path to legal status for undocumented…

I don't care what color they are. You send someone up here to defend this country or we're pulling out of here. And that's where we find ourselves today. At a time when we're looking for scientists and researchers and teachers and people…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. It is my honor tonight to stand here as a second-generation American coming from a district where many people come as immigrants to make the United States their home. Some of those people, many of those…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To my friends on the Republican side of the aisle, let me just say, have a little compassion. These children came here. They didn't decide to come here. They know no other country. Some of them can't even speak the…

Who are we? We call ourselves American citizens. We're proud to be Americans. Why are we proud to be Americans? Well, we were raised in American schools, we loved our country, we studied our history, we wanted to prosper, we wanted to be…

Thank you, Representative Garamendi. From your district in California, Representative Garamendi, to Representative Shea-Porter's district in New Hampshire, to my district in upstate New York, the middle income community, the working…

Yes. Thank you, Representative Garamendi, for bringing us together this evening for an hour's worth of discussion. Obviously, I think we need to stay extremely well focused, laser sharp in our focus on what's affordable and what return we…

Absolutely. And I loved the converting of tax policy into a job focus. My question rhetorically to the opposition party has been the marketing of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts was all around jobs. These are the job-creating tax cuts. My…

Mr. President, 69 years ago tomorrow, one of the most deadly attacks on our Nation that we have ever seen, the horrific attacks on Pearl Harbor killed more than 2,000 U.S. troops and civilians. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said December…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for as much time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

OK. Then I will speak for a few minutes. Mr. President, this debate is very simple. Everybody here believes in all good faith that we ought to permanently extend tax breaks for the middle class. The question on the floor is, Do we want to…

Mr. President, I would just say the answer doesn't deal with deficit reduction. If you care about deficit reduction, the two should be treated equally. Mr. President, $1 of tax break per millionaire and $1 of increased unemployment…