I have the greatest respect and admiration for what you do.

I'm going to make sure that anyone who serves this country gets every opportunity they deserve.

Take Mitt Romney; he and I actually have a lot in common.

I really do enjoy attending these dinners.

My name is Barack Obama.

It's a boy-eat-dog world out there.

July of 1843, a new painting was hung in the old rotunda of the United States Capitol under the old wooden dome. It was a painting by Robert Weir of the Embarkation of the Pilgrims. It depicted the beginning of our Nation as a small group…

I thank my friend from Massachusetts. Just a few weeks ago on this very floor, our Republican colleagues voted for the Republican budget that called for a doubling of interest rates on student loans on 7 million American students, and they…

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in opposition to H.R. 4628, a misguided, deeply partisan bill which would cut $6 billion from the prevention and public health fund. For months, I have been proud to help lead the charge to prevent student loan…

Mr. Speaker, the question before the House today was whether we were going to take money for preventive services for women and children and give it to college students. That's a really dumb question. It's not dumb because of the recipient…

Mr. President, I congratulate my colleague from Minnesota who has the dual experience of being both a prosecutor and a woman who understands how important these issues are. We men try to join in, but women know this so well and so…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 26, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, I ask for unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during session on April 26, 2012. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 26, 2012, at 3 p.m., to hold an East Asian and Pacific Affairs subcommittee hearing entitled…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet during…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 26, 2012, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 26, 2012, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 26, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…