Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to recognize Erma H. Rosenhan in honor of her 100th birthday on February 28, 2015. Erma has devoted years of her life to genealogical research, submitting over 400,000 names--many of them…

Leveling the playing field is a matter of basic fairness.

The evolution of taxes and spending (and therefore also debt) will be a primary determinant of whether our economy rekindles a successful dynamism.

I disagree with most of the aggressive, often anti-growth proposals in the President's recent budget.

Our corporate tax system, as Chairman Hatch mentioned, has the highest rate in the world of any advanced economy.

It would be a costly mistake for tax reform to heap a heavier burden on the middle class.

We need to continue to work in a bipartisan way toward action.

I believe there is bipartisan agreement on the need for tax reform.

Our research finds that transitioning to a territorial tax system similar to those used by other advanced industrial countries would generate a significant amount of economic growth and create jobs here in the United States.

I believe that there is bipartisan agreement on the need for tax reform.

I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) would have voted ``no.''…

Is it your view then that this so called determination would be legally binding?

Madam President, as I come to the floor today, the Senate is continuing to try to debate a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. We have made no progress on this bill for weeks, as Democrats continue to filibuster our efforts…

I question the need for BLM's role in states like Wyoming which already regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal land.

This Administration is actively impeding many of the best economic opportunities in the West.

I have a final question on President Obama's so called strategy to reduce methane emissions.

I find your plans to ignore federal law troubling.

I find it completely unacceptable that we have to depend on the Russians to launch U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station.