Let me thank you, Chairman Conyers, for your conscientious in bringing this legislation to the floor. I rise today as a proud cosponsor of H.R. 5283, the Help HAITI Act of 2010, introduced by my colleague, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry…

I thank you, Mr. President. The beginning of this letter, signed by 42 of our Republican colleagues, says: The Nation's unemployment level, stuck near 10 percent, is unacceptable to Americans. I just want to clarify what my colleague is…

Would my colleague yield for another question, a followup? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

My question is very simple. The Senator said he wanted to prevent a tax hike on every American. Hypothetically, if we prevented a tax hike on every American except the small number whose income was over $1 million last year, would my…

Mr. President, reclaiming my time, I have a great deal of respect for my colleague from Wyoming, but he has not answered the question and it is obvious why, because the Republican Party and all 42 members care as much or more about giving…

Mr. President, I understand we are not in the negotiating room right now, but he and I are both in the leadership of our respective parties. We are good friends. I have tremendous respect and admiration for my friend from Tennessee. I do…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague for yielding the floor. I will be brief. I would first like to ask my colleagues a question of any of my Republican colleagues. They say we have to do this by Monday. It is one of the most important…

Mr. President, I yield for my colleague from Missouri who graciously yielded to me. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri. Mrs. McCASKILL. Mr. President, sometimes we selectively like certain testimony and dislike other…

Mr. President, I wish to thank my colleague from Missouri for her outstanding words. Again, let us take three facts. First, over the last decade, middle- class incomes have declined for the first time since World War II. Second, over the…

Mr. President, through the Chair, may I ask my good friend from Tennessee a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator yield for a question?

Mr. President, may I ask my colleague from Wyoming a question in reference to what he just spoke about? I thank him for yielding for a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

My colleague asks an excellent question. It has not worked. Unemployment is higher today with these tax cuts in effect than it was before they went into effect. We have had the slowest job growth in this decade even before the recession…

I yield for another question. Mrs. McCASKILL. We obviously passed this tax cut a decade or so ago, and they decided to make it temporary, not permanent, when it was passed. So there was a decision made by the Senate that it wasn't worthy…

Mr. President, my colleague said he wanted to make sure his colleagues on that side of the aisle didn't want to do anything else until they made sure there was a tax cut for every American. Let me pose a hypothetical. Let's say we gave a…

Mr. President, I know my colleague from New Mexico wants to say a few words about some of the job-creating proposals he has that have been held up by Republicans blocking for their millionaire tax cuts, but here is a headline I wanted to…

Mr. President, I will be very brief. We are here on the Senate floor, and we will be staying on the Senate floor for a little while to make one point. I would say this to the American people: We have an economy that needs improvement, and…

I thank my colleague from Missouri for the question, which I will answer through the Chair. The most stimulative thing we can do is to extend unemployment benefits. Those folks will spend every dollar in our stores, in our restaurants, and…

I will yield for a question. Mrs. McCASKILL. I say to the Senator through the Chair that an awful lot of economists have met with I think all the Senators about the frustrations we have with this economy. So the question we have asked over…