I want to work with you on that.

there's just no reason this program should continue, given its history of extensive waste and abuse.

Mr. President, I appreciate that question. One of the reasons there is difficulty, there is the blue-slip problem with the House, but also we have the section on limitations in this bill that appears on page 7. There are only 11 pages in…

I want to talk about what we have just heard here and an implication that we are not champions of small business. I was in small business. I had shoestores, retail shoestores, so that is why I know some of these problems. I know about the…

Mr. President, Senator Brown was here earlier, and I had wanted to be able to speak briefly. So if, when I finish my remarks, he is here, I ask unanimous consent that he be recognized to speak. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without…

Mr. President, I want to congratulate the Senator from Maine on his speech. It was a tremendous history lesson. I have enjoyed getting to know him a little bit since he got here. I had quite an interesting surprise yesterday. He came to my…

I thank the Senator from Tennessee for his comments. He is very involved in the Banking Committee. He understands the transaction taxes that they are talking about, and I appreciate his learned opinion on that. Mine comes from section 3…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Texas for his comments. There is definitely a problem. We had people miss votes on Monday night because the supposed furlough that the air traffic controllers had to have in effect delayed some…

Mr. President, I suggest the absence a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I wish to thank the Senator from Wyoming for his outstanding leadership on this issue. I know it is something he has worked on for a long time, and finally we have it on the floor for debate. I am a strong supporter of the Marketplace…

America must and will keep its word to the men and women who have given us so much.

the gravest danger to the American people is the threat of a terrorist attack with a nuclear weapon and the spread of nuclear weapons to dangerous enemies.

I look at China really as a 1.2 billion person opportunity for the United States.

I appreciate the fact the administration is highlighting that. I think information, sunlight is probably the best cure there.

So when we go about our rebalancing, then are we very specifically trying to counter those buildups?

What area, just in general, of buildup is of greatest concern to the United States? Is it their naval buildup?

So if they are spending $120 billion per year, can you break that out for me in terms of personnel versus procurement, weapons systems, ships?

Mr. President, this week Senator Durbin and I are introducing the Working Families Tax Relief Act with a majority of my Democratic colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee. For a number of years, one area of bipartisan agreement in…