Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until Wednesday, May 9, at 9:30 a.m.; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 390, H.R. 2668. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any related…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 358, S. 743. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

Mr. President, on May 20 the world will see an encouraging sight. On that day, President Ma Ying-jeou of the Republic of China will be sworn in for a second term on the island of Taiwan. I was so pleased to see yet another free, fair…

Now, I would like to see us, particularly by closing some of the loopholes in the system, get lower than that.

I would like to see a sense of urgency, particularly because this is so directly related to job creation, as we saw the last time it was done.

Where is the sense of urgency to pursue it?

We might generate $6 billion/$8 billion worth of projects, and the chairman and colleagues on both sides said, well, it is worth a try.

I think it would be a big shot in the arm again to pass tax reform.

We all know you cannot have big league economic growth with little league transportation systems.

We have gone back to the drawing board, and Senator Hoeven and I, in particular, have come up with a new concept.

I would only say, respectfully, that to characterize this as being in the early stages--when you look at all that has been done, we have had one report after another, whether it is the Bowles-Simpson report, whether it is Dominici-Rivlin.

Mr. Speaker, Aloha. I rise today in support of H. Con. Res. 105, which authorizes the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor's Center for the annual Kamehameha Day Lei Draping on June 24, 2012. The event has been held on or around…

This is ridiculous. I could not believe that we have a law on our books that says we are to obey all foreign laws.

What if you brought in 30,000 lobster and they found 10,000? You could get 10,000 years in prison.

I see no reason to have criminal penalties.

I don't think we should be putting Americans in jail for this.