I hope, following the bipartisan example of President Bush and President Obama, that we can implement legislation in the same bipartisan and bicameral manner as we did on patent reform.

I commend you on flying coach.

This will unleash American innovation and improve the American economy.

I mean it as a compliment and not as a pejorative when I talk about a roadshow, but have those worked out pretty well in your mind?

Fall is a beautiful time in Vermont.

Nine months ago, the U.S. Congress did something that has become all too rare. It sent to the President bipartisan legislation that is going to unleash American innovation to create jobs and improve our economy.

I understand that the Regional Conservation Partnership Program is intended to address water quantity as well as water quality issues, so funding under the program could be directed to address situations where high historic levels of…

Mr. President, I appreciate the sponsors of the bill working with us. Just as an example, the Ogallala Aquifer has gone down 100 feet since irrigation has been allowed from this water source. It is a source for cities such as the city of…

I was very excited, as I know everyone was, with the SpaceX, the Dragon success. That just is a wonderful milestone.

I just hope that there will no longer be budget proposals from the President, whoever that will be next year, that will appear to cut back on the future and fund the present.

That will be a full hour to Senator Kerry and a full hour to the Republicans. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We are paying a heavy price for the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. And the reason that we are paying hundreds of millions of dollars--and it will be in the billions before we are finished--is because we were not able to fund adequately to close…

Mr. President, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger reached Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended and that slaves had been emancipated. It was a bittersweet day; the news traveled slowly…

Mr. President, I share the concern of the Senator from New Mexico. A large area in western Texas overlies the Ogallala Aquifer as well. We, too, have seen alarmingly high levels of groundwater depletion. Water is a precious resource in our…

Mr. President, Vice Chairman Chambliss and I are introducing a bill today to authorize funds included in the fiscal year 2012 Defense Appropriations Act that were not previously authorized. Last year, the classified annex to the Department…

Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to support the Baucus-Tester amendment No. 2429. The Baucus-Tester amendment fixes a problem in the livestock forage program to make sure that ranchers who suffer losses in their herds because of drought…

I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To improve the livestock forage disaster program) On page 128…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2429. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Montana [Mr. Tester], for Mr. Baucus, for himself and Mr. Tester, proposes an amendment…